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Trelawney Town, settlement for runaway slaves in Jamaica,1800, from The History…of the British Colonies in the West Indies, by Brian Edwards. Trelawney Town was the largest of the Maroon settlements in Jamaica. The Maroons were escaped slaves, who ran away from their Spanish-owned plantations when the British took Jamaica from Spain in 1655. They fought against recapture for many years.

Creator: Brian Edwards

Date: 1800

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