First Maroon War

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The First Maroon War was an 18th-century conflict in Jamaica in which formerly enslaved Africans, known as Maroons, fought British colonial forces to secure their autonomy and land rights.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
First Maroon War canonical 4
First Maroon War in Jamaica 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
aimOfMaroons secure autonomy ⓘ
secure land rights ⓘ
belligerent British Empire ⓘ
British colonial forces in Jamaica ⓘ
Jamaican Maroons ⓘ
planter militias in Jamaica ⓘ
cause British attempts to suppress Maroon communities ⓘ
conflict over control of interior lands in Jamaica ⓘ
resistance to slavery in Jamaica ⓘ
conflictType colonial war ⓘ
guerrilla war ⓘ
slave resistance ⓘ
consequence British agreement to recognize Maroon freedom ⓘ
Maroons agreed to assist British in controlling future slave rebellions ⓘ
establishment of semi-autonomous Maroon towns in Jamaica ⓘ
formal land grants to Maroon communities ⓘ
endDate 1739 ⓘ
1740 ⓘ
historicalContext British colonial rule in the Caribbean ⓘ
transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
locatedIn British Jamaica ⓘ
linked to: British West Indies

Jamaica ⓘ
mainCombatants British colonial authorities ⓘ
formerly enslaved Africans (Maroons) ⓘ
militaryTactics guerrilla tactics in mountainous terrain of Jamaica ⓘ
notableLeader Accompong ⓘ
Cudjoe ⓘ
Nanny of the Maroons ⓘ
opposingCommander British colonial governors of Jamaica ⓘ
Edward Trelawny ⓘ
participants Accompong Town Maroons ⓘ
linked to: Accompong

Leeward Maroons ⓘ
linked to: Jamaican Maroons

Nanny Town Maroons ⓘ
Trelawny Town Maroons ⓘ
linked to: Jamaican Maroons

Windward Maroons ⓘ
partOf Atlantic world slave resistance ⓘ
history of Jamaica ⓘ
relatedConcept Maroons in Jamaica ⓘ
linked to: Jamaican Maroons

slave resistance in the Americas ⓘ
relatedEvent Second Maroon War ⓘ
result British colonial government recognized Maroon communities ⓘ
Maroons retained autonomy in interior regions of Jamaica ⓘ
cessation of large-scale hostilities between Maroons and British in Jamaica ⓘ
treaties between Maroons and British authorities ⓘ
startDate c. 1728 ⓘ
treaty 1739 treaty with Leeward Maroons ⓘ
1739–1740 treaties with Windward Maroons ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nanny of the Maroons → conflict → First Maroon War ⓘ
Second Maroon War → relatedTo → First Maroon War ⓘ
Jamaican Maroons → involvedIn → First Maroon War ⓘ
Windward Maroons → struggle → First Maroon War in Jamaica ⓘ
linked to: First Maroon War