Invasion of Jamaica
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An English expeditionary force captured Spanish Jamaica in May 1655, during the Anglo-Spanish War of 1654–1660. It was part of an ambitious plan by Oliver Cromwell to undermine or obliterate Spanish d
Admiral William Penn; by the time of the invasion, he and Venables were barely on speaking terms
Jamaican Maroons
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Jamaican Maroons are a group descended from Africans who freed themselves from slavery in the Colony of Jamaica and established communities of free black people in the island's mountainous interior, p
Invasion of Jamaica
…Although major settlements like Santiago de la Vega, now Spanish Town, were poorly defended and quickly occupied, resistance by escaped slaves, or Jamaican Maroons, continued in the interior. The Western Design was largely a failure, but Jamaica remained in English hands, and was formally ceded by Spain in the…
The maroon leader Cudjoe making peace with the planter John Guthrie
"Leonard Parkinson, A Captain of the Maroons; taken from the Life" 1796 by Abraham Raimbach
A plaque discussing Jamaican Maroons in Nova Scotia, located at the Halifax Citadel
Six Maroons, with rifles and in camouflage, with Colonel Fyfe, c.1865