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<p> The name given to wild negro bands in [[Jamaica]] and Guiana; those in Jamaica left behind by the Spaniards on the conquest of the island by the English, 1655, escaped to the hills, and continued unsubdued till 1795; in [[Guiana]] they still maintain independent communities. To </p> <p> eaman is to leave him alone on an uninhabited island, or adrift in a boat. </p> | <p> The name given to wild negro bands in [[Jamaica]] and Guiana; those in Jamaica left behind by the Spaniards on the conquest of the island by the English, 1655, escaped to the hills, and continued unsubdued till 1795; in [[Guiana]] they still maintain independent communities. To </p> <p> eaman is to leave him alone on an uninhabited island, or adrift in a boat. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_76473"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/maroons Maroons from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_76473"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/maroons Maroons from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:41, 15 October 2021
Maroons [1]
The name given to wild negro bands in Jamaica and Guiana; those in Jamaica left behind by the Spaniards on the conquest of the island by the English, 1655, escaped to the hills, and continued unsubdued till 1795; in Guiana they still maintain independent communities. To
eaman is to leave him alone on an uninhabited island, or adrift in a boat.
