Intro
Who made up the Maroon Communities?
Formerly enslaved Africans who escaped the chattel enslavement.
Who led the first revolt?
Enrique (Enriquillo)
Did the Maroons function succesfully or unsucessfully as an independent republic?
Succesfully
Who did the Maroon Communities have conflict with?
The Spanish and Slavers
When and where did the first maroon revolt take place?
1519-1533 in Hispaniola
Who did the Maroons ally with?
Indigenous peoples
The Maroon Community demanded what?
Official freedom and safety from their captivators
Name a fighting technique that was used by the Maroons
guerrilla warfare
burning and raiding plantations
poisoning slavers
What did the Maroons establish to help them fight?
Armed settlements