Maroons of Jamaica

Scope of Project

This project is a sub-project of Jamaican Portal: "Out Of many, One People" project, and reflection of the Maroon history of Jamaica, West Indies.

The Maroons are descended from runaway slaves who established free communities in the mountainous interior of Jamaica during the long era of slavery in the island. African slaves imported during the Spanish period may have provided the first runaways, apparently mixing with the Native American Taino or Arawak people that remained in the country. Some may have gained liberty when the English attacked Jamaica and took it in 1655, and subsequently. For about 52 years, until the 1737 peace treaty with the British rulers of the island - which is still in force [1] - the Maroons stubbornly resisted conquest. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican_Maroons ).

Around 1728, Queen Nanny emerged as the primary general, leader, and obeah woman of the Windward Maroons, her reign extending until around 1740, shortly after the Maroons signed a peace treaty with the British. This period, particularly from 1728-1734, was representative of the Maroons in their greatest glory. (Cary 1970, p. 20) In order to understand the context of Queen Nanny's emergence as a central figure in Jamaican history, it is important to have rudimentary knowledge of Maroon history in Jamaica and an understanding of the specific African ethnic groups that influenced the Maroon identity. (Source: http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/43/282.html ).

Links

• Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Resource Library
• The Modern-Day Maroons: A Genealogy site of the Welsh-Melville clan, including the six-plus related families
• Michael Craton (Craton, Michael) on Bookfinder.com
• A complete list of governors on the island between 1493 and 1655, when the British took over
• FAMILY HISTORY OF JAMAICA, WEST INDIES
• The Mother of Us All: A History of Queen Nanny, Chapter 1: Introduction, by Karla Gottlieb
• Nanny of the Maroons
• Jamaican Maroons
• Re: BWI regiment sent to New Brunswick
• Re: H. McLean 2nd West India Regiment--1873-74
• H. McLean 2nd West India Regiment--1873-74
• Out Of Many Cultures: The People Who Came: The Arrival Of The Africans
• Ashanti Maroon(ed) in Jamaica
• ASHANTI CULTURAL INFLUENCE IN JAMAICA
• West India Regiment
• West India Regiment - Wikipedia
• WIR Photo Center
• Maroon Archaeology
• Review of Slavery, Atlantic Trade and the British Economy, 1660-1800, by Kenneth Morgan
• Slave Rebellion
• Leonard Parkinson, a Captain of Maroons During a Negro Insurrection in Jamaica, 1700s Posters