Maroons

Maroons was 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 Maroon a seaman is to leave him alone on an uninhabited island, or adrift in a boat.

Nearby pages
Marprelate Tracts, Marquesas Islands, Marquis D'Argens, Marquis Dangeau, Marquis de Bedmar