Introduction
Many have written about Jamaica's Windward and Leeward Maroons over three centuries plus, expressing a variety of view points. There is much modern writing on this topic, sometimes suffering from 'presentism' when the Maroons are viewed from modern perspectives which do not take adequately into account the context of earlier centuries. On these pages I will include earlier accounts of the Maroons, as I find them, to give some idea of how they have been viewed in the past.
Of course, you will not assume that every statement made by the writers of pieces on these pages is necessarily factually correct !
Many have written about Jamaica's Windward and Leeward Maroons over three centuries plus, expressing a variety of view points. There is much modern writing on this topic, sometimes suffering from 'presentism' when the Maroons are viewed from modern perspectives which do not take adequately into account the context of earlier centuries. On these pages I will include earlier accounts of the Maroons, as I find them, to give some idea of how they have been viewed in the past.
Of course, you will not assume that every statement made by the writers of pieces on these pages is necessarily factually correct !
I have written two pieces on the Maroons, one as a presentation at an historians' conference, the other published in a book of articles on Jamaican history.
NOTE:
The novelist L P Hartley opened one of his books with the words 'The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there.' So, if you are bothered by words and terms used on these pages, please note when the item was written and remember L P Hartley's words! I try to alter written material as little as possible, so that the reader is brought as close as possible to the time in which it was written, with all the different language, thought processes, attitudes and environments involved.
I hope you will find the pages interesting, instructive, and even entertaining.
The novelist L P Hartley opened one of his books with the words 'The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there.' So, if you are bothered by words and terms used on these pages, please note when the item was written and remember L P Hartley's words! I try to alter written material as little as possible, so that the reader is brought as close as possible to the time in which it was written, with all the different language, thought processes, attitudes and environments involved.
I hope you will find the pages interesting, instructive, and even entertaining.