Maroon (people) facts for kids

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Maroons were Africans and their descendants in the Americas who formed settlements away from New World chattel slavery. Some had escaped from plantations, but others had always been free, like those born among them in freedom. They often mixed with indigenous peoples, thus creating distinctive creole cultures.

Images for kids

  • Leonard Parkinson, Maroon Leader, Jamaica, 1796

    Leonard Parkinson, a "captain of maroons", 1796 engraving.

  • Body of Maroon child brought before medicine man, 1955

    Body of Ndyuka Maroon child brought before a shaman. Suriname, 1955

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    Maroons surprised by dogs (1893) (Brussels) by Louis Samain.

  • The Maroons In Ambush On The Dromilly Estate In The Parish Of Trelawney, Jamaica in 1795

    1810 aquatint of a maroon raid on the Dromilly estate, Jamaica.

  • Maroon flag outside St John’s Church, Freetown

    Maroon flag in Freetown, Sierra Leone

  • Tropenmuseum Royal Tropical Institute Objectnumber 10024950 Portret van drie Marron mannen en een

    Maroon men in Suriname, picture taken between 1910–1935


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