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From Hideouts to Homesteads: The Evolution of Maroon Communities in Jamaica

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Dean Jones
Apr 07, 2005
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From Hideouts to Homesteads: The Evolution of Maroon Communities in Jamaica

The Maroons in Jamaica are descendants of enslaved Africans who escaped from plantations and formed their own communities in the rugged, mountainous regions of the island during the period of Europea…

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