2019/09/09 by Michael Sivapragasam · 4 citations
Social Sciences · #African history and culture studies #Global Maritime and Colonial Histories #South African History and Culture
paper · doi:10.1080/0144039x.2019.1662683
openalex publication_date 2019/09/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Historians have argued that the Maroons had alienated the slaves by hunting runaways, and consequently they refused to support the Maroon village of Trelawny Town during the Second Maroon War of 1795–6. However, this article maintains that in the Second Maroon War, slaves ran away in significant numbers to fight on the side of Trelawny Town. In the process, many of them gained their freedom and served as an inspiration for increased marronage in the years that followed.