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The Maroons

By Louis Timagène Houat, Aqiil M. Gopee (Translator), Jeffrey Diteman (Translator), Shenaz Patel (Introduction), Lisa Ducasse (Contribution by)
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By Louis Timagène Houat, Aqiil M. Gopee (Translator), Jeffrey Diteman (Translator), Shenaz Patel (Introduction), Lisa Ducasse (Contribution by)
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A rediscovered classic, and the only known novel by Black abolitionist and political exile Louis Timagène Houat, The Maroons is a fervid account of slavery and escape on nineteenth-century Réunion Island.

Frême is a young African man forced into slavery on Réunion, an island east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Plagued by memories of his childhood sweetheart, a white woman named Marie, Frême seeks her out—but when they are persecuted for their love, the two flee into the forest. There the...

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FictionLiteratureWorld FictionAfrican FictionSouthern African Fiction - General