Since the birth of the Transatlantic slave trade, enslaved Africans have exploited their geographic circumstances to obtain liberation, effectively transforming them into maroons. However, geographies of marronage have disproportionately investigated terrestrial landscapes to understand how self‐liberated Africans made life in the Atlantic world. Turning our attention to the sea, I use geospatial analyses to map ocean currents and explore routes of passage for maritime maroons from the island of St. Croix (Ay Ay). Mapping this oceanic cartography of Black fugitivity provides renewed insight into the ways in which maroons used oceanic literacy to actualise their quest for freedom and their experiences in their new homes.

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对海充满信心：海上栗色和逃亡地理

自跨大西洋奴隶贸易诞生以来，被奴役的非洲人利用他们的地理环境获得了解放，从而有效地将他们转变为栗色。但是，马洛纳尔地区对陆地景观进行了不成比例的调查，以了解自我解放的非洲人如何在大西洋世界生活。将注意力转移到海洋上，我使用地理空间分析来绘制洋流，并探索从圣克鲁瓦岛（Ay Ay）出发的栗色海上航行通道。绘制这张关于黑人逃逸的海洋制图，可以使人们重新了解褐紫红色如何利用海洋素养来实现他们对自由的追求以及他们在新家中的经历。