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مارونها
Sign in to saveAfricans in the Americas and islands of the Indian Ocean who escaped from slavery, through flight or manumission, and lived in independent settlements, were referred to as maroons in English, and as cimarrones in Spanish America. The English word "maroon" likely derives from the Spanish word "cimarron".
Key facts
- Ethnic group.image
- Leonard Parkinson, Maroon Leader, Jamaica, 1796.jpg
- Ethnic group.caption
- 18th-century illustration of a Maroon
- Ethnic group.regions
- North and South America, Jamaica, Mauritius
- Ethnic group.langs
- English-based creole languages, French-based creole languages
- Ethnic group.rels
- African diasporic religions, Christianity
- Ethnic group.related
- Maroon peoples Black Seminoles, Bushinengue, Jamaican Maroons, Mauritian Maroons, Kalungas, Palenqueros, Quilombola Historical groups Cimarron peopleGreat Dismal Swamp maroons
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