Maroon communities

GPTKB entity

Statements (36)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:community
gptkb:museum
gptkbp:composedOf descendants of escaped slaves
gptkbp:formedBy Indigenous people
escaped enslaved Africans
other marginalized groups
gptkbp:foundIn gptkb:Africa
gptkb:Caribbean
gptkb:Central_America
gptkb:North_America
gptkb:South_America
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Maroon communities
gptkbp:knownFor guerrilla warfare
resistance to slavery
autonomous settlements
preservation of African culture
gptkbp:language gptkb:Creole_languages
European languages
African languages
gptkbp:notableExample gptkb:Garifuna
gptkb:Jamaican_Maroons
gptkb:Surinamese_Maroons
gptkb:Quilombos
gptkb:Palmares
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:colonialism
gptkb:Atlantic_slave_trade
abolitionism
slave rebellions
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:African_traditional_religions
syncretic religions
gptkbp:status some still exist today
some assimilated into wider society
some destroyed by colonial powers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Caribbean_literature
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5