First Maroon War
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The First Maroon War was a conflict between the Jamaican Maroons and the colonial British authorities that started around 1728 and continued until the peace treaties of 1739 and 1740. It was led by Indigenous Jamaicans who helped Africans to set up communities in the mountains. The name "Maroon" was given to these Africans, and for many years they fought the British colonial Government of Jamaica for their freedom. The maroons were skilled in guerrilla warfare. The war was followed about half a century later by the Second Maroon War.
1728 — 1739
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Colony of Jamaica, Cudjoe, Jamaican Maroons, Jamaica, 
Lave,
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Location: 17.9833, -76.8, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1728 — 1739 First Maroon War
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| area | region | 1655 | Colony of Jamaica | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 1795 | Second Maroon War | slave rebellion | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1831 | Baptist War | Willoughby Cotton, unrest, slave rebellion, Samuel Sharpe | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1728 | First Maroon War | war, slave rebellion, Colony of Jamaica, Cudjoe, Jamaican Maroons | Wikidata |
| organisation | military branch | 1963 | Coast Guard of Jamaica Defence Force | coast guard | Wikidata |