First Maroon War

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The First Maroon War was an 18th-century conflict in Jamaica in which formerly enslaved Africans, known as Maroons, fought British colonial forces to secure their autonomy and land rights.

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First Maroon War canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century conflict
war
aimOfMaroons secure autonomy
secure land rights
belligerent British Empire
British colonial forces in Jamaica
Jamaican Maroons
planter militias in Jamaica
cause British attempts to suppress Maroon communities
conflict over control of interior lands in Jamaica
resistance to slavery in Jamaica
conflictType colonial war
guerrilla war
slave resistance
consequence British agreement to recognize Maroon freedom
Maroons agreed to assist British in controlling future slave rebellions
establishment of semi-autonomous Maroon towns in Jamaica
formal land grants to Maroon communities
endDate 1739
1740
historicalContext British colonial rule in the Caribbean
transatlantic slave trade
historicalPeriod 18th century
locatedIn British West Indies
surface form: British Jamaica

Jamaica
mainCombatants British colonial authorities
formerly enslaved Africans (Maroons)
militaryTactics guerrilla tactics in mountainous terrain of Jamaica
notableLeader Accompong
Cudjoe
Nanny of the Maroons
opposingCommander British colonial governors of Jamaica
Edward Trelawny
participants Accompong
surface form: Accompong Town Maroons

Jamaican Maroons
surface form: Leeward Maroons

Nanny of the Maroons
surface form: Nanny Town Maroons

Jamaican Maroons
surface form: Trelawny Town Maroons

Windward Maroons
partOf Atlantic world slave resistance
history of Jamaica
relatedConcept Jamaican Maroons
surface form: Maroons in Jamaica

slave resistance in the Americas
relatedEvent Second Maroon War
result British colonial government recognized Maroon communities
Maroons retained autonomy in interior regions of Jamaica
cessation of large-scale hostilities between Maroons and British in Jamaica
treaties between Maroons and British authorities
startDate c. 1728
treaty 1739 treaty with Leeward Maroons
1739–1740 treaties with Windward Maroons

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Nanny of the Maroons conflict First Maroon War
Second Maroon War relatedTo First Maroon War