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
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
Six Maroons, with rifles and in camouflage, with Colonel Fyfe, c.1865
Ferron Williams, former Colonel-in-Chief and elected leader of Accompong
Free black people in Jamaica
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Free black people in Jamaica fell into two categories. Some secured their freedom officially, and lived within the slave communities of the Colony of Jamaica. Others ran away from slavery, and formed
George William Gordon
Portrait of Francis Williams, artist unknown, oil on canvas, circa 1745
French illustration of the revolt, 1800