wanting to read a book -- write a book by read a book i know about them into making a hint cuba and suriname but i could not find anything. with a chapter here in their with a particular community but nothing detailed so i thought maybe there was nothing so as i started to look so i decided to write the book. >> host: there is vast literature of of slavery so why does this particular aspect neglected? the but the phenomenon of history white you think it has been neglected? >> the right and doing research maroon and i would say no virginia or carolina for louisiana and people were surprised. there were maroon their? because when we look we think of florida because those were large communities so people think of maroon like to make an end of the idea of those large committees are the exception. those communities were small sauternes over several months or years or one generation. so with those communities with those individuals and groups in communities in the wilderness and with that criteria a whole world that remains under their radar. know where your the majority and then excluded a number

i'd been reading a lot about the maroons in jamaica and brazil, in cuba, suriname, and i was looking for information on maroons in the united states. i was interested in who they were, what they were doing, where they lived. and really i couldn't find anything. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> and now, booktv on c-span2. 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. here are some of the programs to look out for this saturday and sunday: