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The Maroons in Nova Scotia
Many Black Nova Scotians proudly claim ancestry from the Jamaican Maroons exiled to these shores in the last decade of the 18th this book recounts the fascinating story of their migrations.
Scholar and teacher John Grant chronicles the Maroons' struggle to maintain their proud and independent culture in the harsh conditions of Nova Scotia, and traces their contributions to the development of colonial society. He describes attempts to establish Maroon communities, attempts thwarted by racial and cultural tensions, hostility and indifference. He brings together the elements that show how many Maroons finally arranged for passage to Sierra Leone, leaving Nova Scotia's hard shores behind them.
This lively and well-documented text illuminates an important passage in African-Canadian history, combining historical records and modern research to present a substantial portrait of the times, the people and the events that comprise the Maroons' saga in Nova Scotia.
Scholar and teacher John Grant chronicles the Maroons' struggle to maintain their proud and independent culture in the harsh conditions of Nova Scotia, and traces their contributions to the development of colonial society. He describes attempts to establish Maroon communities, attempts thwarted by racial and cultural tensions, hostility and indifference. He brings together the elements that show how many Maroons finally arranged for passage to Sierra Leone, leaving Nova Scotia's hard shores behind them.
This lively and well-documented text illuminates an important passage in African-Canadian history, combining historical records and modern research to present a substantial portrait of the times, the people and the events that comprise the Maroons' saga in Nova Scotia.
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204 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2002
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April 2, 2024
A group from Jamaica, known as the Maroons, or the Trelawney Maroons, lived in the hills and resist the colonial overlords (see the history of Jamaica, the "Maroon Wars").
Six hundred people were relocated to Nova Scotia, where they lived from 1795 to 1800, caught in the web of local politics and colonial conflicts. This group was then relocated again, to Sierra Leone, where they immediately got involved putting down a rebellion from the previous group (Black loyalists) who briefly lived in Nova Scotia before deciding Sierra Leone offered a better climate.
This book focuses (as the title suggests) on the group "IN" Nova Scotia, and only lightly touches on events in Jamaica and Africa. Much of this story remains untold.
Six hundred people were relocated to Nova Scotia, where they lived from 1795 to 1800, caught in the web of local politics and colonial conflicts. This group was then relocated again, to Sierra Leone, where they immediately got involved putting down a rebellion from the previous group (Black loyalists) who briefly lived in Nova Scotia before deciding Sierra Leone offered a better climate.
This book focuses (as the title suggests) on the group "IN" Nova Scotia, and only lightly touches on events in Jamaica and Africa. Much of this story remains untold.
May 29, 2024
Written in a very scholarly manner, and mainly concerns the political history of the Maroons in Nova Scotia rather than much social history.
May 19, 2015
Its well researched and easily digestible.
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