maroon communities were usually displaced. By 1700, maroons had disappeared from the smaller islands. Survival was always difficult, as the maroons had...
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often use maroon as one of their identifying colors, as a result, many have received the nickname "Maroons." The University of Chicago Maroons have used...
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Leeward Maroons in 1739 and the Windward Maroons in 1740, which required them to support the institution of slavery. The importance of the Maroons to the...
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pages with titles beginning with Marooned All pages with titles containing Marooned Maroon (disambiguation) Maroons (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
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Maroons are descendants of Africans in the Americas who formed settlements away from New World chattel slavery. Maroons may also refer to: Maroons FC,...
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Nanny, Granny Nanny, or Nanny of the Maroons ONH (c. 1686 – c. 1760), was an 18th-century leader of the Jamaican Maroons. She led a community of formerly...
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team. In order to accommodate the Maroons, a new arena was built for them in 1924, the Montreal Forum. The Maroons were a highly competitive team, winning...
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uninhabited area Maroons, descendants of enslaved Africans in the Americas who escaped and formed free settlements Maroon (band), a German band Maroon (Barenaked...
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Marooning is the intentional act of abandoning someone in an uninhabited area, such as a desert island, or more generally (usually in passive voice) to...
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champions). UP Fighting Maroons won their last championship in the NCAA in NCAA Season 5 (1929–1930). After 6 years, UP Fighting Maroons permanently withdrew...
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