Windward Maroons

E874435
Maroons ethnic group

The Windward Maroons are communities in eastern Jamaica descended from escaped enslaved Africans, renowned for their preserved African-derived cultural traditions, autonomy, and resistance to colonial rule.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Nanny Town Maroons 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Maroons ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Jamaica ⓘ
culture African-derived cultural traditions ⓘ
Ancestral spirit possession rituals ⓘ
Kromanti dance NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kromanti drumming NERFINISHED ⓘ
descendedFrom escaped enslaved Africans ⓘ
runaway slaves from Jamaican plantations ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Africans NERFINISHED ⓘ
Akan peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
Coromantee NERFINISHED ⓘ
governance local Maroon councils ⓘ
grantedStatus land rights in the Blue Mountains region ⓘ
limited political autonomy ⓘ
hasPart Charles Town Maroons NERFINISHED ⓘ
Moore Town Maroons NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scotts Hall Maroons NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus recognized as part of Jamaica’s intangible cultural heritage ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
knownFor maintaining autonomy ⓘ
preservation of African cultural practices ⓘ
resistance to British colonial rule ⓘ
resistance to slavery ⓘ
language Jamaican Creole ⓘ
Jamaican Maroon Spirit Possession Language ⓘ
leadershipTitle Colonel ⓘ
locatedIn eastern Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicalInstrument abeng ⓘ
musicTradition Kromanti drumming ⓘ
opposed British colonial authorities in Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Maroons in Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationGroupOf Charles Town NERFINISHED ⓘ
Moore Town NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scotts Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRegion Blue Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Crow Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo Leeward Maroons NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Kromanti religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
role guerrilla fighters against colonial forces ⓘ
signedTreatyWith British colonial government of Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ
struggle First Maroon War in Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ
treatyYear 1739 ⓘ
1740 ⓘ
use abeng as communication horn ⓘ

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

Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park → culturalAssociation → Windward Maroons ⓘ
First Maroon War → participants → Windward Maroons ⓘ
Nanny of the Maroons → leaderOf → Windward Maroons ⓘ
Nanny of the Maroons → leaderOf → Windward Maroons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nanny Town Maroons