The Marooners: Resistance, Autonomy, and the Legacy of Self-Liberation
: The earliest recorded Maroon communities formed in what is now the Dominican Republic following a 1522 slave rebellion. South America Go to product viewer dialog for this item. marooners
: Home to some of the most famous Maroon groups, who fought the British in two major wars. The First Maroon War (1728–1740) ended in treaties that granted the Maroons 2,500 acres of land and semi-autonomy in exchange for returning future runaways. The Marooners: Resistance, Autonomy, and the Legacy of
: Some linguists trace it further to the Taino word símara (arrow), suggesting something "wild" or "stray". The Marooners: Resistance