Maroons

Part I of Essay
Throughout the Americas, African slaves would escape from the plantations on which they were forced to work. These people known to the Spanish as Cimarrones from the Spanish word "maron," meaning fierce and from the Spanish term for wild cattle. To the French they were know ....

Part II of Essay
.... bargained with and are believed to have come into existence around 1655 with the capture of Jamaica's capital St. Jago de la Vegain. They were numerous and made a refuge for slaves escaping from the estates. The military were posted in these territories and were provided with dogs to catch raiders who tried to slip through the defenses of the estates. The disturbed the peace but did not directly affect estate discipline. There were rebellions on the estates but they were punished by such cruel deaths, burning, hanging and breaking on the ....