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The History of the Maroons

The History of the Maroons

The History of the Maroons

From their Origin to the Establishment of their Chief Tribe at Sierra Leone
Volume 1:
Robert Charles Dallas
December 2010
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9781108024143
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    Born in Jamaica, Robert Charles Dallas (1754–1824) was prolific author in a variety of genres, dedicating all of his work to 'the defence of society and reason against Jacobinism and confusion', having been forced to leave his residence in France by the Revolution. Despite 'an ardent tendency in my heart to disapprove the slave-trade', The History of the Maroons, published in 1803, offered a qualified acceptance of the institution of slavery in a fallen world, and addressed criticisms of planters' behaviour and the government's conduct against the rebellious Jamaican Maroons - runaway slaves who formed their own communities in the West Indies. They settled the mountainous inland areas of Jamaica and resisted assimilation by the British; two Maroon Wars were fought in the eighteenth century. They were deported by the British to Canada and then to Sierra Leone, but many returned to Jamaica, where they remain.

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    December 2010
    Paperback
    9781108024143
    498 pages
    216 × 140 × 28 mm
    0.63kg
    1 b/w illus. 1 map
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Preface
    • A succinct history of Jamaica
    • 1. Subjects proposed
    • 2. Jamaica relinquished by the Spaniards
    • 3. Party sent to discover the Windward Maroon town under Quao
    • 4. Maroon towns
    • 5. Causes of the Maroon war
    • 6. The Maroon captains set out for the capital
    • 7. Plan of operations
    • 8. General Walpole appointed to the command
    • Appendix.
      Author
    • Robert Charles Dallas