Maroonage—Then and Now - Maroonage, the seeking of isolation to create sovereign, self-sufficient communities as a response to capture, bondage, and enslavement, is not a phenomenon that ends with the dismantling of the institution of slavery. Maroonage was a past AND present impulse that is still present and worthy of exploration. Maroon spaces took on the form of Black municipalities, towns, and settlements. African Americans founded several hundreds of these “Freedom Towns,” Freedmen’s Towns,” or “All-Black Towns,” and at least one hundred still maintain an overwhelming majority-Black residents and leadership. Also during the nineteenth century and into the early twentieth century, over one hundred Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), another form of maroonage, were founded as safe spaces where generations of African Americans would train and develop. Maroonage also existed and continues to exist in Africana literature. www.theblackroseofdurhamradio.com