Maroons of Jamaica

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:community
gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:country gptkb:Jamaica
gptkbp:culturalHeritage UNESCO Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity (Moore Town Maroon heritage)
gptkbp:culturalPractice gptkb:storytelling
gptkb:Kumina
dancing
drumming
gptkbp:festival gptkb:Annual_Maroon_Festival
gptkbp:hasHistoricSite gptkb:Charles_Town
gptkb:Moore_Town
gptkb:Scott's_Hall
Accompong Town
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:First_Maroon_War
gptkb:Second_Maroon_War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Maroons of Jamaica
gptkbp:language gptkb:Jamaican_Maroon_Creole
English
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Cudjoe
gptkb:Accompong
gptkb:Nanny_of_the_Maroons
gptkbp:legalStatus recognized as indigenous people in Jamaica
gptkbp:musicBy Abeng horn
traditional Maroon songs
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Cudjoe
gptkb:Accompong
gptkb:Nanny_of_the_Maroons
gptkb:Montague_James
gptkb:Kojo
Quao
gptkbp:notableTown gptkb:Charles_Town
gptkb:Accompong
gptkb:Moore_Town
gptkb:Scott's_Hall
gptkbp:origin descendants of escaped enslaved Africans
gptkbp:population approximately 5,000 (modern estimate)
gptkbp:recognized_leader_title Colonel
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:Jamaican_government
gptkbp:relatedGroup gptkb:African_diaspora
gptkb:Leeward_Maroons
gptkb:Windward_Maroons
gptkb:Akan_people
Coromantee
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:African_traditional_religions
gptkbp:resistantTo fought against British colonial rule
gptkbp:status semi-autonomous communities
gptkbp:symbol Abeng horn
gptkbp:treaty gptkb:1739_Maroon_Treaty
1740 Maroon Treaty
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Accompong_Maroon_Village
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8