Undoubtedly, the origins of Jamaican Maroons are complex; however, the English conquest of Jamaica in 1655, when many of the Africans enslaved by the Spanish secured their freedom and escaped into ...

This was the origin of the Maroons. According to Mr. LONG, the historian of Jamaica, the word maroon signifies, among the Spanish Americans, hog-hunter, the woods at that time abounding with the ...

Jamaica, Assembly, 1808–1826. Proceedings of the Honourable House of Assembly Relative to the Maroons: Including the correspondence between the Right Honourable Earl Balacarres and the Honourable ...

Today’s Jamaica reveres its Maroon history. Among the seven figures designated as “National Heroes” by the government, the only woman is Nanny, who also appears on the country’s $500 banknote.

The annual event, held on January 6th by the Accompong Maroons—the descendants of enslaved Africans who escaped the plantations and settled in Jamaica’s mountains—celebrates the Maroon heritage by ...

The Jamaican Maroons trace their lineage to Africans who refused and escaped Jamaican slavery, establishing free communities in the island's interior mountains. Today, ...

Maroon a member of any of various communities in parts of the Caribbean who were originally descended from escaped slaves. In the 18th century Jamaican Maroons fought two wars against the ...

In the pantheon of Jamaica’s seven National Heroes, Nanny of the Maroons is the only woman. “Grandie Nanny,” as she is called, a middle-aged, unsmiling woman with cutlass in hand, is commonly ...

Provides an overview of Jamaica, ... 1728-1739/40 - First Maroon War: During the 18th Century many slaves run away to join communities of free black people in the island's mountainous interior ...