1655 AD
English conquest of Jamaica and Maroon resistance
British Empire · Companies, trade & extraction · Slavery & coerced labor · War & conquest · Resistance & colonized agency
An English expedition seized Jamaica from Spain. Formerly enslaved Africans formed and reinforced Maroon communities that resisted for decades while the colonial regime expanded sugar plantations and enslavement
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- 2026-09-23
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