Maroons
Escaped enslaved settlers
Maroons refers to communities of escaped enslaved Africans and their descendants, particularly in the Caribbean and Americas.
These groups established independent settlements in remote areas, often resisting colonial authorities for generations.
The Jamaican Maroons are especially well known, having won treaties with the British in the 18th century.
The term derives from Spanish *cimarrón*, meaning wild or untamed. (Lowercase maroons is the color or the verb meaning to strand.)
Made someone's property
- AfricansPeople from Earth's second-largest landmass
- escapeesThose who fled confinement
- runawaysThose who fled
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
freedom · rebellion · emancipation · plantations · colonialism · slavery · Caribbean · Jamaica
Flight from captivity
- fugitivesThose fleeing from law
- refugePlace of safety
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
liberation · emancipation · exodus · deliverance · runaways · flight · manumission · abolitionism
Caribbean island nation
- SurinameSouth American republic
- HaitiCaribbean island nation
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- Spanish EmpireHistorical Iberian colonial power
Long-established customs passed down
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- drummingPercussive rhythm-making
- folk medicineTraditional healing practices
- oral historyRecorded interviews about the past
storytelling · Creole · ancestry · ceremonies · rituals · spirituality · cuisine · dance
Defiance of established power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
insurgency · struggle · ambush · raid · sabotage · mutiny · subversion · opposition
enslaved
Made someone's property
- AfricansPeople from Earth's second-largest landmass
- escapeesThose who fled confinement
- runawaysThose who fled
resistance · freedom · rebellion · emancipation · plantations · colonialism · slavery · Caribbean · Jamaica · Suriname
escape
Flight from captivity
self-determination · liberation · emancipation · exodus · deliverance · runaways · flight · manumission · abolitionism · independence
Jamaica
Caribbean island nation
Spanish Empire · plantation · colonialism · enslaved · escapees
traditions
Long-established customs passed down
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- drummingPercussive rhythm-making
- folk medicineTraditional healing practices
oral history · storytelling · Creole · ancestry · ceremonies · rituals · spirituality · cuisine · dance · music
rebellion
Defiance of established power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
revolt · insurgency · struggle · ambush · raid · sabotage · mutiny · subversion · opposition · underground
- CaribbeanJamaica, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Haiti
- QueenslandBrisbane, Gold Coast, Cairns, Townsville, Great Barrier Reef
- Afro-ColombiaAfro-Colombian, Afro-Latino, Pacific coast, African heritage, African roots
- Canadian footballCFL, rouge, Argonauts, Argos, Stamps
- Guianan peoplesArawak, Arawaks, Carib, Creoles, Amerindians
- UChicagoHyde Park, Enrico Fermi, Fermi, Milton Friedman, Hutchins
Maroonsslaves
Persons owned by others
captives · bondsmen · chattel · field hands · house slaves
Maroonsslave catchers
Pursuers of escaped bondspeople
slaveholders · slave owners · overseers · patrollers · enslavers
- Maroon 5
- what a maroonSarcastic call-out of stupidity
- marooned sailorSeafarer abandoned on land