Rebel Destiny: Among the Bush Negroes of Dutch Guiana
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Rebel Destiny: Among the Bush Negroes of Dutch Guiana is an anthropological study by Melville J. Herskovits that examines the culture, social life, and African heritage of the Maroon communities in what is now Suriname.
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| Rebel Destiny: Among the Bush Negroes of Dutch Guiana canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Rebel Destiny: Among the Bush Negroes of Dutch Guiana Context triple: [Melville J. Herskovits, notableWork, Rebel Destiny: Among the Bush Negroes of Dutch Guiana]
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Maroons
The Maroons are the athletic teams representing the University of Chicago in intercollegiate sports.
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Maroons
The Maroons are Queensland's representative rugby league team, best known for competing against New South Wales in Australia's annual State of Origin series.
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Growing Up in New Guinea
Growing Up in New Guinea is a classic anthropological study by Margaret Mead that examines childhood, adolescence, and cultural development among the Manus people of Papua New Guinea.
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Max Havelaar
Max Havelaar is an 1860 Dutch novel by Multatuli that exposed and condemned the abuses of colonial rule in the Dutch East Indies and became a landmark of socially engaged literature.
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The Soul of the Ape
The Soul of the Ape is a pioneering early 20th-century work of animal psychology and ethology in which Eugène Marais explores the behavior and inner life of primates.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rebel Destiny: Among the Bush Negroes of Dutch Guiana Target entity description: Rebel Destiny: Among the Bush Negroes of Dutch Guiana is an anthropological study by Melville J. Herskovits that examines the culture, social life, and African heritage of the Maroon communities in what is now Suriname.
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A.
Maroons
The Maroons are the athletic teams representing the University of Chicago in intercollegiate sports.
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B.
Maroons
The Maroons are Queensland's representative rugby league team, best known for competing against New South Wales in Australia's annual State of Origin series.
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C.
Growing Up in New Guinea
Growing Up in New Guinea is a classic anthropological study by Margaret Mead that examines childhood, adolescence, and cultural development among the Manus people of Papua New Guinea.
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D.
Max Havelaar
Max Havelaar is an 1860 Dutch novel by Multatuli that exposed and condemned the abuses of colonial rule in the Dutch East Indies and became a landmark of socially engaged literature.
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E.
The Soul of the Ape
The Soul of the Ape is a pioneering early 20th-century work of animal psychology and ethology in which Eugène Marais explores the behavior and inner life of primates.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthropological study
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book ⓘ |
| approach | culture-and-personality approach ⓘ |
| author | Melville J. Herskovits ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
Frances S. Herskovits
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linked to:
Frances Shapiro Herskovits
|
| contribution |
classic study of New World Maroon societies
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documentation of African cultural continuities in Suriname ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| discipline |
African diaspora studies
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cultural anthropology ⓘ |
| ethnographicMethod |
interviews
ⓘ
participant observation ⓘ |
| fieldworkLocation |
Dutch Guiana
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linked to:
Suriname
Suriname ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
African-derived institutions
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Maroon culture ⓘ Maroon social life ⓘ |
| genre | ethnography ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Dutch colonial rule in Guiana ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analysis of African retentions in Suriname
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detailed description of Maroon social structure ⓘ |
| originalPublicationDate | 1934 ⓘ |
| peopleDescribed |
Saramaka Maroons
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linked to:
Saramaka
other Suriname Maroon groups ⓘ |
| perspective | Boasian anthropology tradition ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Life in a Haitian Valley
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The Myth of the Negro Past ⓘ |
| setting | interior of Suriname ⓘ |
| subject |
African cultural survivals in the Americas
ⓘ
African heritage in the New World ⓘ Bush Negroes of Dutch Guiana ⓘ
linked to:
Ndyuka Maroons
Maroon communities ⓘ Suriname Maroons ⓘ
linked to:
Saramaka
economy ⓘ kinship ⓘ material culture ⓘ religion ⓘ ritual ⓘ social organization ⓘ |
| theme |
adaptation in plantation frontiers
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cultural resilience ⓘ resistance to slavery ⓘ |
| timePeriodStudied | early 20th century ⓘ |
| usedIn |
African diaspora studies courses
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anthropology courses ⓘ |
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