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'''Jamaican Maroons''' are a people who lived in Jamaica were the descendants of slaves brought to Jamaica during Spanish and British rule the 1500s to the 1800s, when slavery was abolished with the passage of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.  Often times Maroon communities were established in the interior of Jamaica up in the mountains where they were harder to capture.  There were two major wars with the Maroons: The first Maroon war was between 1728 and 1739.  The second Maroon war lasted for less than a year in 1795-1796.

'''Jamaican Maroons''' are a people who lived in [[Jamaica]] were the descendants of slaves brought to Jamaica during [[Spain|Spanish]] and [[British Empire|British]] rule the 1500s to the 1800s, when [[slavery]] was abolished with the passage of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.  Often times Maroon communities were established in the interior of Jamaica up in the mountains where they were harder to capture.  There were two major wars with the Maroons: The first Maroon war was between 1728 and 1739.  The second Maroon war lasted for less than a year in 1795–1796.

==Cudjoe==

==Cudjoe==

In the late 1600s there were several slave uprisings, many of which were led by a leader known as Cudjoe.  Cudjoe was himself a former escaped slave.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=YzwrAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA734 Friends' Review: A Religious, Literary and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 19]</ref>

In the late 1600s, there were several slave uprisings, many of which were led by a leader known as Cudjoe.  Cudjoe was himself a former escaped slave.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=YzwrAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA734 Friends' Review: A Religious, Literary and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 19]</ref>

After several years of battling against the British, who then controlled the island, both the Maroon and British sides grew war-weary of the seeming stalemate of the situation.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=DL3pBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA58 Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund]</ref>  After Cudjoe successfully ambushed British Soldiers at Peace Cave in 1738,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=XNbqUR_IoOMC&pg=PA175 The Peoples of the Caribbean: An Encyclopedia of Archaeology and Traditional Culture]</ref> the British sought an end to hostilities.  Under the leadership of British governor Edward Trelawny, a treaty was signed in 1739 which granted land to the Maroons in exchange for military support should an invasion take place.  Additionally, the treaty contained a clause requiring then Maroon citizens to return escaped slaves for an agreed-upon bounty.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ppGJBmQVJjEC&pg=PA187 General History of the Caribbean, Volume 3]</ref>

After several years of battling against the British, who then controlled the island, both the Maroon and British sides grew war-weary of the seeming stalemate of the situation.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=DL3pBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA58 Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund]</ref>  After Cudjoe successfully ambushed British Soldiers at Peace Cave in 1738,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=XNbqUR_IoOMC&pg=PA175 The Peoples of the Caribbean: An Encyclopedia of Archaeology and Traditional Culture]</ref> the British sought an end to hostilities.  Under the leadership of British governor Edward Trelawny, a treaty was signed in 1739 which granted land to the Maroons in exchange for military support should an invasion take place.  Additionally, the treaty contained a clause requiring then Maroon citizens to return escaped slaves for an agreed-upon bounty.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ppGJBmQVJjEC&pg=PA187 General History of the Caribbean, Volume 3]</ref>