Marooners

: 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.

: Some linguists trace it further to the Taino word símara (arrow), suggesting something "wild" or "stray". marooners

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. : The earliest recorded Maroon communities formed in

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

Maroons and the Marooned: Runaways and Castaways in the Americas

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

: 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.