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VIVIAN CRAWFORD, born in Moore Town, Portland, came to historic Kingston city for the first time in 1949, on a market truck. The experience was so enriching that he went back home speaking “proper English”. Ten years later, he returned to Kingston.
The relationship of the early Maroons to the enslaved Africans is further complicated by research showing that colonial records from the 1800s identified persons in Maroon communities a "slaves" a.
The appellation of "Maroon" was not self-chosen but was rather a derivation of the Spanish word "cimarron" meaning "wild", which was first applied in the Spanish colonies to runaway indigenous peo.
Jamaican lore is filled with stories of and references to a legendary people, the Maroons fearsome warriors who could melt into the bush and ambush many a British Redcoat.
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