1795: A report on Trelawny Town, the largest maroon settlement in Jamaica, concluded that the “Connections” between maroon men and enslaved women on nearby p…

1795: A report on Trelawny Town, the largest maroon settlement in Jamaica, concluded that the “Connections” between maroon men and enslaved women on nearby plantations were “alarming.” The maroons wandered with ease through the countryside, maintaining extensive contact with plantation slaves and fathering numerous children with them. When the Trelawny maroons took up arms against the government that same year, officials moved quickly to isolate the rebels by cutting off all communication with the estates. This policy included a search for concealed weapons in every slave hut across the island.