Properties (52)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
war
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gptkbp:aftermath |
Treaty of 1796
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gptkbp:alliance |
local indigenous groups
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gptkbp:archaeologicalFindings |
gptkb:Trelawny
Clarendon St. James |
gptkbp:casualties |
significant losses on both sides
|
gptkbp:causedBy |
disputes over land and autonomy
|
gptkbp:colors |
descendants_of_enslaved_Africans
|
gptkbp:combatants |
gptkb:British_Empire
Maroons |
gptkbp:commander |
gptkb:Major_John_W._W._Smith
comprised of regular troops and local militias |
gptkbp:cultural_impact |
increased tensions in slave society
influence_on_Jamaican_folklore influence_on_Jamaican_music influence_on_Rastafarian_beliefs |
gptkbp:duration |
approximately one year
|
gptkbp:finish |
1796
|
gptkbp:foundedIn |
1795
|
gptkbp:historical_significance |
debate among historians
viewed as a struggle for freedom |
gptkbp:historicalContext |
gptkb:First_Maroon_War
|
gptkbp:historicalPeriod |
eyewitness accounts
military records colonial correspondence |
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Second Maroon War
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gptkbp:influence |
gptkb:Jamaican_independence_movement
|
gptkbp:leadership |
Cudjoe_and_his_council
|
gptkbp:legacy |
resilience against colonial powers
Jamaican_national_identity preservation_of_African_traditions Maroon_cultural_identity colonial_policies_in_Jamaica |
gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Jamaica
|
gptkbp:notableFigures |
gptkb:Nanny_of_the_Maroons
Cudjoe |
gptkbp:partOf |
Jamaican_history
|
gptkbp:respondsTo |
military expeditions
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gptkbp:result |
British_victory
|
gptkbp:significance |
impact_on_Maroon_communities
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gptkbp:tactics |
guerrilla warfare
hit-and-run tactics scorched earth policy use of artillery ambushes sabotage of supply lines establishing_control_over_Maroon_territories suppress_Maroon_resistance |
gptkbp:team_achievements |
maintain autonomy
|
gptkbp:was_a_response_to |
fortified positions
alliances with other groups |