Maroon victory, the British government offered peace treaties
Belligerents
British Empire
Colony of Jamaica
Windward Maroons Leeward Maroons
Commanders and leaders
Governors of Jamaica: Robert Hunter John Ayscough John Gregory Edward Trelawny
Windward Maroons: Nanny of the Maroons Quao Leeward Maroons: Cudjoe Accompong
Strength
A total of 10,000
A total of 1,000
The First Maroon War was a conflict between the Jamaican Maroons and the colonial British authorities that started around 1728 and continued until the peace treaties of 1739 and 1740. It was led by self-liberated Africans who set up communities in the mountains. The name "Maroon" was given to these Africans, and for many years they fought the British colonial Government of Jamaica for their freedom. The maroons were very skilled, particularly in guerrilla warfare. It was followed about half a century later by the Second Maroon War.
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The Second MaroonWar of 1795–1796 was an eight-month conflict between the Maroons of Cudjoe's Town (Trelawny Town), a Maroon settlement later renamed...
abolished in 1838. The Windward Maroons and those from the Cockpit Country resisted conquest in the FirstMaroonWar (c. 1728 to 1740), which the colonial...
known as the FirstMaroonWar. Much of what is known about her comes from oral history, as little textual evidence exists. According to Maroon legend, Queen...
Jamaican Maroons. Beginning in the late 17th century, Jamaican Maroons consistently fought British colonists, leading to the FirstMaroonWar (1728–1740)...
Jamaican Maroons, culminating in the FirstMaroonWar of the 1730s and the Second MaroonWar of 1795–1796. The aftermath of the Baptist War shone a light...
Trelawny Maroons felt that they were being mistreated under the terms of Cudjoe's Treaty of 1739, which ended the FirstMaroonWar. The war lasted for...
Slave Revolts: A Sociohistorical Analysis of the FirstMaroonWar, 1665–1740", in Richard Price (ed.), Maroon Societies: Rebel Slave Communities in the Americas...
leaders of the Windward Maroons, who fought the British colonial forces of Jamaica to a standstill during the FirstMaroonWar of the 1730s. The name Quao...
produced, the Maroons sent traders to the coastal towns to exchange food for weapons and cloth. During the FirstMaroonWar, the Maroons of Nanny Town...
The maroon beret in a military configuration has been an international symbol of airborne forces since the Second World War. It was first officially introduced...
of the Baptist War, hundreds of slaves ran away into the Cockpit Country in order to avoid being forced back into slavery. The Maroons only apprehended...
Led by Cudjoe and Queen Nanny (Kojo and Nana), the FirstMaroonWar was a conflict between Maroons in Jamaica and the colonial British authorities that...
which then made up the majority of the island’s population. During the FirstMaroonWar, Jamaicans who escaped from slavery fought against British colonialists...
Rebellion. The Nanny of the Maroons was an 18th-century leader of the Jamaican Maroons who led them to victory in the FirstMaroonWar. The Quilombo dos Palmares...
MaroonWar Memorial & Memorial Enclosure is a heritage-listed memorial at Boonah - Rathdowney Road, Maroon, Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. It...
American pop rock band Maroon 5 has released seven studio albums, three live albums, two compilation albums, one remix album, six extended plays (EPs)...
dialects of the Akan language of Bono, Asante and Akuapem. Akuapem, as the first Akan variety to be used for Bible translation, has become the prestige dialect...
Many wars have broken out over the ownership of the royal throne. In 1896, Asantehene Prempeh I was deported rather than risk losing both the war and the...
descent. Also are Jamaican freedom fighters during slavery: Nanny of the Maroons (now a Jamaican National Heroine), Tacky and Jack Mansong or Three-finger...
fights from all angles" and the readiness of the Ashanti nation to wage war on its enemies with the Ashanti nation motto "Kum apem a, apem beba" (Kill...
teach the Asantes the craft. Gyaman king Nana Kwadwo Agyemang Adinkra's first son, Apau, who was said to be well versed in the Adinkra craft, was forced...
Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. It consists of lead vocalist Adam Levine, rhythm guitarist and keyboardist Jesse Carmichael...
descended from heaven in a cloud of white dust and landed in the lap of the first Ashanti Emperor Osei Tutu I. It is said to possess the sunsum (soul) of...
board are awarded to the opponent. Such a move is legal, but the last (or first) house is not captured. Various other rules also exist. Variations allowing...
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