Table of Contents

Introduction Seventeenth-Century Maroonage The Critical Years Prolegomenon to the Treaties The Leeward and Windward Treaties Maroon Communities and the Colonial Government The Trewlawny Town War, 1795-1796 Conclusion Index

Reviews

"This richly textured study of the struggles of the Maroons of Jamaica against the British colonial authorities, their subsequent collaboration with and betrayal by them, will be of great interest to historians of Africa. . . . Elegantly written . . . the author . . . makes her own contribution to current debates on resistance and collaboration."-Michael Crowder, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London

?A careful and thorough study of the Jamaican Maroons from the British conquest to the late 18th century.?-Choice

"A careful and thorough study of the Jamaican Maroons from the British conquest to the late 18th century."-Choice