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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."

Churchgoers congregating outside the maroon church in Accompong, St. Elizabeth.

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

Resident of Scott's Hall in St. Mary, showing an arrowroot - an underground tuber popular to the area.

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

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.

Members of a maroon community standing next to a dwelling in a rural area.

Elderly members of a maroon community seated in a waiting area. Woman holding a child is standing in the door way.

Members of a Maroon Community - two women, a girl and a man with a drum on his lap.