The Proceedings of the Governor and Assembly of Jamaica in Regard to the Maroon Negroes

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A wealthy planter in the West Indies Bryan Edwards (17431800) 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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