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Maroons
African and black native refugees who escaped from slavery in the Americas, and their descendants / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Maroons (disambiguation) and Maroon (disambiguation).
Maroons are descendants of Africans in the Americas and Islands of the Indian Ocean who escaped from slavery, through flight or manumission, and formed their own settlements. They often mixed with indigenous peoples, eventually evolving into separate creole cultures[1] such as the Garifuna and the Mascogos.
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Quick Facts Regions with significant populations, Languages ...
![]() An 18th-century illustration of a Maroon | |
Regions with significant populations | |
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North and South America, Jamaica, Mauritius | |
Languages | |
Creole languages | |
Religion | |
African diasporic religions | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Maroon peoples Black Seminoles, Bushinengue, Jamaican Maroons, Mauritian Maroons, Kalungas, Machapunga, Palenqueros, Quilombola Great Dismal Swamp maroons |
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