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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."
Accompong church (maroon)
Churchgoers congregating outside the maroon church in Accompong, St. Elizabeth.
Cudjoe making peace with British
Maroon leader, Cudjoe, making peace with the British in 1738, by a large kindah tree.
Arrowroot plant, Scott's Hall Maroon
Resident of Scott's Hall in St. Mary, showing an arrowroot - an underground tuber popular to the area.
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.
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Registration of births and deaths
Small board structure in which birth and death registrations are done by registrar, Mrs. Evans.