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Accompong church (maroon)
Churchgoers congregating outside the maroon church in Accompong, St. Elizabeth.
Arrowroot plant, Scott's Hall Maroon
Resident of Scott's Hall in St. Mary, showing an arrowroot - an underground tuber popular to the area.
Beverley Carey shows a cutting on Jointa
"Beverley Carey, a Maroon herself and a historian, shows a cutting of Jointa, a bush used by the Maroons in preparing jerk pork. The smoke from the green leaves gives the meat a special flavour."
Cudjoe making peace with British
Maroon leader, Cudjoe, making peace with the British in 1738, by a large kindah tree.
Tags: Maroons - Jamaica; Soldiers; Trees
Maroon dance celebrations
Two Maroon men perform a dance ritual at a Maroon celebration. One man holds a sugar cane under his chin while the other appears to be communicating with an idol. They are watched by a group of mostly school children.
Maroons
Elderly members of a maroon community seated in a waiting area. Woman holding a child is standing in the door way.
Maroons
Members of a maroon community standing next to a dwelling in a rural area.
Tags: Maroons - Jamaica; Rural areas
Maroons with drum
Members of a Maroon Community - two women, a girl and a man with a drum on his lap.
Tags: Drums; Maroons - Jamaica
Waiting area of accused Scott's Hall maroons
Seating area where accused Scott's Hall Maroons of St. Mary, Jamaica, would sit while awaiting sentencing for crimes or indiscretions.