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  3. The Proceedings of the Governor and Assembly of Jamaica, in Regard to the Maroon Negroes
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 October 2014
      21 November 2013
      ISBN:
      9781107325012
      9781108065535
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107325012
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      (216 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.27kg, 210 Pages
      • Series:
      Cambridge Library Collection - Slavery and Abolition
      Subjects:
      Area Studies, African Studies, History, African History, Economic History
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    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Slavery and Abolition
    Subjects:
    Area Studies, African Studies, History, African History, Economic History
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    A wealthy planter in the West Indies, Bryan Edwards (1743–1800) lived in Jamaica during the peak of its sugar wealth. Upon his return to England in 1792, he wrote several books on the West Indies, including a multi-volume history of the British colonies. The present work, first published in 1796, relates to the recent conflict between the British and Jamaicans descended from runaway slaves, known as Maroons. Living mostly in isolated mountain communities, the Maroons had been granted certain rights under a 1739 treaty. However, by 1795, with a new governor ruling the island, tensions re-emerged and resulted in another war. Prefaced by Edwards' extended discussion of the Maroons and the origins of the conflict, this collection of documents and letters represents a valuable source in the study of Jamaican history and that of British colonialism in the Caribbean.

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