The Maroons of Jamaica 1655-1796: A History of Resistance, Collaboration and Betrayal

A history of Jamaican maroon communities from 1655 to 1796 covering Akan political and military leadership under Cudjoe, Nanny, and Quao, the 1739 treaties and their contradictions, post-treaty erosion of autonomy through white superintendence, and the colonial betrayal of the Trelawny Town War of 1795-96. The clearest Caribbean case of a long-lived treaty-maroon regime, essential for distinguishing maroon freedom, colonial accommodation, and revolutionary emancipation. Provides comparative depth to Saint-Domingue marronage by showing what maroon communities that forced formal recognition eventually became under colonial pressure.