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It has been said that the original maroons of Jamaica were spanish maroons who came with the spanish who discovered Jamaica in the 15th century. then around the 1700's more maroons flourished amongst the African slaves that were brought from ( gold cost) Ghana in west Africa. African slaves rebelled and ran to the hills, and this was the name given to them from the spanish which meant " wild, runaway"
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoThey lived in mountainous regions of Nanny town, Scott's hall,Moore town in the parishes of Portland and St. Mary on the eastern side of Jamaica.Trelawney Town, St. Ann north central Jamaica,Accompong and Maroon town in the parishes of St. Elizabeth and St. James on the western side of Jamaica. Also small non centralized communities surrounding the five main towns of the Leeward tribes(western maroons) and Windward tribes(eastern and north central maroons). Some also lived with free africans throughout Jamaica
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∙ 9y agothe origin and development of maroons in guiana
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How did the maroons lived?
Today maroons still live in their old towns and hills but the fighting had stopped after slavery.
Who were the windward maroons?
these are the maroons that lived in the eastern part of the island called Jamaica
Where the maroons lives?
Jamaica
Why are the maroons important in the history of Jamaica and the Caribbean region?
the maroons are important to the Jamaica and the Caribbean because they fought with Queen Nanny to win their independence.
Who were the maroons?
these were the maroons who lived in the western part of the island called Jamaica
How did Jamaican Maroons help the British take Jamaica from the Spanish?
The Maroons did not aid the British invasion of Spanish Jamaica. Maroons did not exist in large numbers in Jamaica until after the British invasion provided many of the African whom the Spanish had held in slavery to escape into the inaccessible mountain of Jamaica and form communities.
Who is Jamaica only national heroine?
nanny of the maroons is the only heroine of Jamaica
Where did nanny of the maroons live?
Nanny of the Maroons, also known as Queen Nanny and Granny Nanny, a National Hero of Jamaica, was a well-known leader of the Jamaican Maroons in the eighteenth century. They made a village which was known as Nanny Town in the Blue Mountains of Portland Parish, north-eastern Jamaica, used as a stronghold by Granny Nanny; the town held out against repeated British attacks before being destroyed in 1734.
Who is Errol Morris Jamaican?
he was a great scientist who study the sex life of the maroons in Jamaica
Where do the maroons live today?
Today maroons still live in their old towns and hills but the fighting had stopped after slavery.
Who is errol Morris jamaican scientist?
he was a great scientist who study the sex life of the maroons in jamaica
How did the maroons in Jamaica gain their freedom?
The Maroons gained their freedom by fighting two wars with the British. After defeating the British in the first war a peace treaty was made. But there were sins of the British being bias, which caused the second war. After time passed by, the maroons were made free 50 years before the abolition of slavery.
