The First Maroon War saw Britain attempt to take control of Jamaica—which it had just taken from Spain—in 1655. Prior to this, Spain brought Africans to the Caribbean for the purpose of slave labor. Those who managed to escape integrated with the native people. There were still others who escaped and went on to establish a number of ...

For several months between August 1795 and March 1796, the Trelawney Maroons went to war with Britain as the Treaty of 1739 didn't go in their favor. The Second Maroon War was initiated after two Trelawny Maroons were flogged by a Black slave after stealing pigs in 1795. Leaders went to ad...