Marooners May 2026

Maroon societies emerged wherever slavery existed in the Americas, ranging from small bands to powerful states that survived for centuries. The Caribbean

The Marooners: Resistance, Autonomy, and the Legacy of Self-Liberation marooners

Maroons and the Marooned: Runaways and Castaways in the Americas Maroon societies emerged wherever slavery existed in the

: 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 earliest recorded Maroon communities formed in

: 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.

The word "maroon" is derived from the Spanish word , which originally referred to domestic cattle that had escaped to the hills. By the 1530s, the term was applied to enslaved people who fled plantations and established independent settlements in geographically secluded regions.