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Maroon Heritage, Moore Town


Language: English

Situated in the highlands of eastern Jamaica, Moore Town is home to the descendants of independent communities of former runaway slaves known as Maroons. The African ancestors of the Moore Town Maroons were forcibly removed from their native lands to the Caribbean by Spanish slave traders in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The term Maroon, derived from the Spanish word cimarrón (wild), refers to those slaves who fled the plantations in the early 1600s and established their own settlements in the Blue and Johncrow Mountains of eastern Jamaica. By the early eighteenth century, the Maroon communities controlled much of the eastern part of the island. In opposition to the expanding plantation system of the British, they formed well-organized and efficient underground military units. After decades of warfare, the British finally yielded to the communities' demands for recognition of their autonomy by signing a treaty with the Maroons in 1739.


on this subject: Nomination file/Dossier de candidature


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Place/region: Moore Town, Jamaica, Latin America, Africa, Caribbean
Series: Inscriptions on the Intangible Heritage Lists
Type: Documentary
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Publisher: Moore Town Maroon Council; National Committee for Oral and Intangible Heritage
Coproducer/sponsor: UNESCO Institute of Jamaica
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Rights: Moore Town Maroon Council
 

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Original: DVD
Location: EV only
UMVS reference: AVFONDS-CLTITH-2008-00053-JAM.DV
Rights holder: UNESCO ; Moore Town Maroon Council