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Beverley Carey shows a cutting on Jointa

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"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

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Maroon leader, Cudjoe, making peace with the British in 1738, by a large kindah tree.

Arrowroot plant, Scott's Hall Maroon

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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

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Seating area where accused Scott's Hall Maroons of St. Mary, Jamaica, would sit while awaiting sentencing for crimes or indiscretions.