Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. Surinamese Maroons (also Marrons, Businenge or Bushinengue, meaning black people of the forest) are the descendants of enslaved Africans that escaped from the plantations and settled in the inland of Suriname (Dutch Guiana). The Surinamese Maroon culture is one of the best-preserved pieces of cultural heritage outside of Africa. Colonial ...

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › MaroonsMaroons - Wikipedia

    Maroon peoples. Black Seminoles, Bushinengue, Jamaican Maroons, Mauritian ... The last group of maroons were usually skilled slaves with particularly strong ...

  3. May 17, 2024 · maroon community, a group of formerly enslaved Africans and their descendants who gained their freedom by fleeing chattel enslavement and running to the safety and cover of the remote mountains or the dense overgrown tropical terrains near the plantations. Many of the groups are found in the Caribbean and, in general, throughout the Americas.

  4. Escaped enslaved people in Suriname and French Guiana, known as Maroons or Bushinengues, fled to the interior and joined with indigenous peoples to create several independent tribes, among them the Saramaka, the Paramaka, the Ndyuka (Aukan), the Kwinti, the Aluku (Boni), the Matawai, and the Brooskampers.

  5. Many escaped the plantations and formed independent settlements known as Maroons and Bushinengue. They maintained vestiges of African culture and language. They are two ethnic subgroups ( Creoles and Maroons ). Escaped enslaved people in Suriname and French Guiana fled to the interior.

  6. Mar 5, 2023 · This is the story of the Maroons of the Guianas, also known as Businenge or Bushinengue . Maroons were especially numerous in the Dutch colony of Suriname (and a small number moved into the western part of French Guiana during the mid18th century)I, in part due to the extreme forms of brutality meted out to enslaved peoples on these colonial ...

  7. Maroon communities, called palenques in the Spanish colonies and mocambos or quilombos in Brazil, ranged from tiny bands that survived less than a year to powerful states encompassing thousands of members that lasted for generations or, in some cases, centuries.

  1. People also search for