Jamaican Maroons

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Ethnic group Maroons

The Jamaican Maroons are descendants of formerly enslaved Africans in Jamaica who escaped, formed independent communities in the island’s interior, and became known for their resistance to British colonial rule and preservation of African-derived cultural traditions.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Maroons in Jamaica 3
Trelawny Town Maroons 2
Leeward Maroons 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ethnic group ⓘ
Maroons ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Jamaica ⓘ
culture Drumming and dance rituals ⓘ
Kromanti traditions NERFINISHED ⓘ
Use of abeng horn ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Africans ⓘ
Akan peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Africans ⓘ
formedCommunitiesIn Blue Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cockpit Country NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jamaican interior ⓘ
haveCommunity Accompong NERFINISHED ⓘ
Charles Town NERFINISHED ⓘ
Moore Town NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scotts Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (Moore Town Maroon heritage) NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
involvedIn First Maroon War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second Maroon War NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor Guerrilla warfare in mountainous terrain ⓘ
Preservation of African cultural traditions ⓘ
Resistance to British colonial rule ⓘ
Treaties with the British in the 18th century ⓘ
language Jamaican Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jamaican Maroon Spirit Language NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Caribbean ⓘ
militaryTactics Ambush warfare ⓘ
Use of knowledge of terrain ⓘ
opposedTo British plantation system ⓘ
Slavery in Jamaica ⓘ
originatedAs Escaped enslaved Africans ⓘ
recognizedBy Government of Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion African-derived spiritual practices ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
signedTreatyWith British colonial authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ
treatyResult Obligation to return future runaways ⓘ
Recognition of Maroon autonomy ⓘ
treatyYear 1739 ⓘ
1740 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Krio people → ancestry → Jamaican Maroons ⓘ
Maroon → relatedGroup → Jamaican Maroons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maroons in Jamaica
First Maroon War → belligerent → Jamaican Maroons ⓘ
First Maroon War → participants → Jamaican Maroons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leeward Maroons
First Maroon War → participants → Jamaican Maroons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trelawny Town Maroons
First Maroon War → relatedConcept → Jamaican Maroons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maroons in Jamaica
Second Maroon War → belligerent → Jamaican Maroons ⓘ
Second Maroon War → belligerent → Jamaican Maroons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trelawny Town Maroons
Second Maroon War → participant → Jamaican Maroons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trelawny Town Maroon leaders
Second Maroon War → relatedTo → Jamaican Maroons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maroons in Jamaica