Maroonage & police abolition here! @161bklyn.bsky.social @propcazhpm.bsky.social
Marronage as a Guide to Police Abolition
On the latest episode of #LeftOfBlack, critical geographer Dr. Celeste Winston joined me to discuss her book,'How to Lose the Hounds: Maroon Geographies and a World Beyond Policing' (Duke University Press)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W0A...
On the latest episode of #LeftOfBlack, critical geographer Dr. Celeste Winston joined me to discuss her book,'How to Lose the Hounds: Maroon Geographies and a World Beyond Policing' (Duke University Press)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W0A...
Left of Black | A World Beyond Policing with Celeste Winston on Black Maroons
YouTube video by John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke U.
www.youtube.com
July 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Maroonage & police abolition here! @161bklyn.bsky.social @propcazhpm.bsky.social
Battle After Battle was super entertaining. And I didn't expect a movie with maroonage themes threaded throughhout!
December 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Battle After Battle was super entertaining. And I didn't expect a movie with maroonage themes threaded throughhout!
We're sharing a recording of @andrewzonneveld.bsky.social and Modibo Kadalie talking about maroonage and resistance to slavery in Georgia and Florida from colonization 1529 onwards, recorded at ACABookfair 2024
thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/01...
thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/01...
January 6, 2025 at 2:36 AM
We're sharing a recording of @andrewzonneveld.bsky.social and Modibo Kadalie talking about maroonage and resistance to slavery in Georgia and Florida from colonization 1529 onwards, recorded at ACABookfair 2024
thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/01...
thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/01...
some will read this and ask
"why does this matter"
well because Natives don't get credit or recognition for starting the Underground Railroad.
Ohio Maroonage was so common that when whites showed up here they immediately started bitching about how many Black folks here free, as loved ppl-
"why does this matter"
well because Natives don't get credit or recognition for starting the Underground Railroad.
Ohio Maroonage was so common that when whites showed up here they immediately started bitching about how many Black folks here free, as loved ppl-
SDO background:
He specifically raised Caesar's Creek.
which is fucked bc his admin has helped cut funding for CRT education and NPS across the board.
Caesar was a self freed Black man from Virginia who became a recognized, respected member of the Shawnee tribe.
www.rawstory.com/jd-vance-267...
He specifically raised Caesar's Creek.
which is fucked bc his admin has helped cut funding for CRT education and NPS across the board.
Caesar was a self freed Black man from Virginia who became a recognized, respected member of the Shawnee tribe.
www.rawstory.com/jd-vance-267...
'Cartoon villain!' Vance under fire after report he raised river for family kayak outing
Vice President JD Vance was buried in mockery on Wednesday evening after a report that his team asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to raise the water level of the Little Miami River in Ohio to fac...
www.rawstory.com
August 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
some will read this and ask
"why does this matter"
well because Natives don't get credit or recognition for starting the Underground Railroad.
Ohio Maroonage was so common that when whites showed up here they immediately started bitching about how many Black folks here free, as loved ppl-
"why does this matter"
well because Natives don't get credit or recognition for starting the Underground Railroad.
Ohio Maroonage was so common that when whites showed up here they immediately started bitching about how many Black folks here free, as loved ppl-
always has/will. i tell my students.
1510: the first sell of enslaved people in america (hispaniola). 1513: maroonage considered so bad complaints sent to king. 1518: 1st standing market for enslaved.
1521: Xmas Day, 1st mass slave revolt burns down Columbus' son's plantation
from the very start.
1510: the first sell of enslaved people in america (hispaniola). 1513: maroonage considered so bad complaints sent to king. 1518: 1st standing market for enslaved.
1521: Xmas Day, 1st mass slave revolt burns down Columbus' son's plantation
from the very start.
December 2, 2024 at 2:30 AM
always has/will. i tell my students.
1510: the first sell of enslaved people in america (hispaniola). 1513: maroonage considered so bad complaints sent to king. 1518: 1st standing market for enslaved.
1521: Xmas Day, 1st mass slave revolt burns down Columbus' son's plantation
from the very start.
1510: the first sell of enslaved people in america (hispaniola). 1513: maroonage considered so bad complaints sent to king. 1518: 1st standing market for enslaved.
1521: Xmas Day, 1st mass slave revolt burns down Columbus' son's plantation
from the very start.
August 2, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Here is one video on marronage, a lecture Greg Carr did at Howard n 2010 I think.
www.c-span.org/program/amer...
www.c-span.org/program/amer...
Maroonage
Professor Greg Carr, chair of the Department of Afro-American Studies, presented a class lecture on slavery in the U.S. in the international context. He focused on maroonage (flight from owners follow...
www.c-span.org
February 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Here is one video on marronage, a lecture Greg Carr did at Howard n 2010 I think.
www.c-span.org/program/amer...
www.c-span.org/program/amer...
I'm sure. One sees why maroonage was and is a thing
June 12, 2026 at 6:07 PM
I'm sure. One sees why maroonage was and is a thing
Pretty sure it goes all the way back to Spanish Florida as place of maroonage.
July 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Pretty sure it goes all the way back to Spanish Florida as place of maroonage.
"Maroonage Tanka, and: Eulogy for Eli Whitney, and: Makeshift Gods"
by Chantal James @chantalalive.bsky.social
Callaloo, A Special Issue
Black Appalachia
Part I: Creative and Personal Perspectives
Volume 42, Number 1, Winter 2024
www.press.jhu.edu/journals/cal...
by Chantal James @chantalalive.bsky.social
Callaloo, A Special Issue
Black Appalachia
Part I: Creative and Personal Perspectives
Volume 42, Number 1, Winter 2024
www.press.jhu.edu/journals/cal...
November 18, 2024 at 1:57 PM
"Maroonage Tanka, and: Eulogy for Eli Whitney, and: Makeshift Gods"
by Chantal James @chantalalive.bsky.social
Callaloo, A Special Issue
Black Appalachia
Part I: Creative and Personal Perspectives
Volume 42, Number 1, Winter 2024
www.press.jhu.edu/journals/cal...
by Chantal James @chantalalive.bsky.social
Callaloo, A Special Issue
Black Appalachia
Part I: Creative and Personal Perspectives
Volume 42, Number 1, Winter 2024
www.press.jhu.edu/journals/cal...
Maroonage
Nanny of the Maroons, Jamaica, unconquered warrior, leader, diplomat. National hero.
December 29, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Maroonage
Today!
Black August Intersectional Reading Room w/ Jupiter
Fridays August 15 & 22 2pm-4pm
@ Willard Park, Berkeley
•The topic of this class is Maroonage as Black Anarchism. I will cover:
- herstorical legacy
- survival tactics
- philosophical praxis
- present day implications
#blacksky #booksky
Black August Intersectional Reading Room w/ Jupiter
Fridays August 15 & 22 2pm-4pm
@ Willard Park, Berkeley
•The topic of this class is Maroonage as Black Anarchism. I will cover:
- herstorical legacy
- survival tactics
- philosophical praxis
- present day implications
#blacksky #booksky
August 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Incredible article. Glad they covered Maroonage
February 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Incredible article. Glad they covered Maroonage
"We aren't hiding," said 'Omar,' a community organizer who operates a "Silent Transit" network. "We are reclaiming our right to exist without being a data point. The Maroons, they built a world. That's what we're doing here."
scalawagmagazine.org/2026/05/the-...
scalawagmagazine.org/2026/05/the-...
The Great Northern Maroonage: Survival and Solidarity in the Minneapolis Surge – Scalawag
This is the birth of the Great Northern Maroonage. These are self-sufficient zones of trade, education, and mutual aid.
scalawagmagazine.org
May 17, 2026 at 1:01 AM
"We aren't hiding," said 'Omar,' a community organizer who operates a "Silent Transit" network. "We are reclaiming our right to exist without being a data point. The Maroons, they built a world. That's what we're doing here."
scalawagmagazine.org/2026/05/the-...
scalawagmagazine.org/2026/05/the-...
My Maroonage Syllabus is now available virtually! On sale for a limited time in honor of #BlackAugust STUDY✊🏿 www.patreon.com/whitneyspark...
August 2, 2026 at 12:58 AM
My Maroonage Syllabus is now available virtually! On sale for a limited time in honor of #BlackAugust STUDY✊🏿 www.patreon.com/whitneyspark...
I just ordered a book on maroonage in the US and I’m stoked to think about it in context of Middle Tennessee. This swamp question is interesting to me because… did we used to have swamps? I don’t know.
June 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I just ordered a book on maroonage in the US and I’m stoked to think about it in context of Middle Tennessee. This swamp question is interesting to me because… did we used to have swamps? I don’t know.
"African Diaspora Heritage in the Americas"
Christopher C. Fennell (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
faculty.las.illinois.edu/cfennell/Afr... #AfricanDiasporaArchaeology #CriticalHeritageStudies #Maroonage #Emancipation #Abolition #Slavery
Christopher C. Fennell (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
faculty.las.illinois.edu/cfennell/Afr... #AfricanDiasporaArchaeology #CriticalHeritageStudies #Maroonage #Emancipation #Abolition #Slavery
February 18, 2024 at 3:20 AM
"African Diaspora Heritage in the Americas"
Christopher C. Fennell (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
faculty.las.illinois.edu/cfennell/Afr... #AfricanDiasporaArchaeology #CriticalHeritageStudies #Maroonage #Emancipation #Abolition #Slavery
Christopher C. Fennell (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
faculty.las.illinois.edu/cfennell/Afr... #AfricanDiasporaArchaeology #CriticalHeritageStudies #Maroonage #Emancipation #Abolition #Slavery
Next up: Slavery’s Exiles by Sylviane A. Diouf
#Maroons #Maroonage #BlackHistory #AfricanHistory #UnitedStatesHistory #Resistance #BlackBookSky #ZodiReads #NowReading #Audiobooks
#Maroons #Maroonage #BlackHistory #AfricanHistory #UnitedStatesHistory #Resistance #BlackBookSky #ZodiReads #NowReading #Audiobooks
August 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Next up: Slavery’s Exiles by Sylviane A. Diouf
#Maroons #Maroonage #BlackHistory #AfricanHistory #UnitedStatesHistory #Resistance #BlackBookSky #ZodiReads #NowReading #Audiobooks
#Maroons #Maroonage #BlackHistory #AfricanHistory #UnitedStatesHistory #Resistance #BlackBookSky #ZodiReads #NowReading #Audiobooks
I'll still be boosting mine and other's fundraisers, and I'll pop back in on my bday weekend lol, but my newsletter will be a better place to keep up with me. buttondown.com/so_treu/arch...
Bloodroot: A Maroonage
buttondown.com
April 13, 2026 at 11:54 PM
I'll still be boosting mine and other's fundraisers, and I'll pop back in on my bday weekend lol, but my newsletter will be a better place to keep up with me. buttondown.com/so_treu/arch...
"gateway to freedom" for enslaved africans escaping spanish florida, per andrew zonneveld medium.com/orobo-journa...
July 25, 2026 at 3:17 PM
"gateway to freedom" for enslaved africans escaping spanish florida, per andrew zonneveld medium.com/orobo-journa...
“The undoing begins with an escape to the woods, with perilous freedom, with petit
maroonage, with wading in the water. It does not begin with proclamations or constitution…” S.V. Hartman 💐
maroonage, with wading in the water. It does not begin with proclamations or constitution…” S.V. Hartman 💐
July 4, 2026 at 10:07 PM
“The undoing begins with an escape to the woods, with perilous freedom, with petit
maroonage, with wading in the water. It does not begin with proclamations or constitution…” S.V. Hartman 💐
maroonage, with wading in the water. It does not begin with proclamations or constitution…” S.V. Hartman 💐
I'll be 33 in 15 days so here are 3 birthday gift requests
1. Help me afford the copay for my dentist appointment by using the $-tag in my bio
2. Read @sotreu.bsky.social's writing (buttondown.com/so_treu)
3. Listen/watch my Livestream with @go-los.bsky.social (we're planning to go live on 7/13)
1. Help me afford the copay for my dentist appointment by using the $-tag in my bio
2. Read @sotreu.bsky.social's writing (buttondown.com/so_treu)
3. Listen/watch my Livestream with @go-los.bsky.social (we're planning to go live on 7/13)
July 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I'll be 33 in 15 days so here are 3 birthday gift requests
1. Help me afford the copay for my dentist appointment by using the $-tag in my bio
2. Read @sotreu.bsky.social's writing (buttondown.com/so_treu)
3. Listen/watch my Livestream with @go-los.bsky.social (we're planning to go live on 7/13)
1. Help me afford the copay for my dentist appointment by using the $-tag in my bio
2. Read @sotreu.bsky.social's writing (buttondown.com/so_treu)
3. Listen/watch my Livestream with @go-los.bsky.social (we're planning to go live on 7/13)
Rooted in histories of maroonage and self-emancipation, we highlight how Black communities have long relied on ecological knowledge to care for one another and resist.
Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#BlackSky #BlackHistory
Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#BlackSky #BlackHistory
February 10, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Rooted in histories of maroonage and self-emancipation, we highlight how Black communities have long relied on ecological knowledge to care for one another and resist.
Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#BlackSky #BlackHistory
Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#BlackSky #BlackHistory
Day 14 of #BlackHistoryMonth #comics. Maroon Comix: Origins and Destinies edited by Quincy Saul and illustrated by Seth Tobocman, Mac McGill, and Songe Riddle. A graphic collection of harrowing tales of maroonage. Enslaved people rose up and emancipated their selves through blood and iron.
February 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Day 14 of #BlackHistoryMonth #comics. Maroon Comix: Origins and Destinies edited by Quincy Saul and illustrated by Seth Tobocman, Mac McGill, and Songe Riddle. A graphic collection of harrowing tales of maroonage. Enslaved people rose up and emancipated their selves through blood and iron.