Consider the Source: An 1800 Maroon Treaty

In 1800, an exiled community of Jamaican Maroons migrated from Nova Scotia to the British antislavery colony of Sierra Leone. When they disembarked, Maroon captains met with Sierra Leone Company officials and rapidly negotiated and coauthored a treaty This treaty is a composite manuscript document s...

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Published in:Early American studies 2023-01, Vol.21 (1), p.166-199
Main Author: Herrmann, Rachel B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
18th century
Agreements
Alliances
Captains
Councils
Diplomacy
Diplomatic & consular services
Government archives
Historians
Maroons (People)
Medieval period
Native North Americans
Negotiation
Negotiations
Rebellions
Speeches
Treaties
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