Jamaica
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March 1, 1739
Jamaican Maroons Sign Peace Treaty with British
The Jamaican Maroons, communities of escaped enslaved Africans, signed a peace treaty with the British after decades of guerrilla warfare in the Blue Mountains.
c. 1686
Queen Nanny of the Maroons Born
Queen Nanny, the legendary Ashanti warrior-leader of the Jamaican Maroons, was born in what is now Ghana. She is Jamaica's only female National Hero.
April 1760
Tacky's Rebellion in Jamaica
Tacky, an enslaved Akan chief from Ghana, led one of the largest slave revolts in the British Caribbean, shaking Jamaica's plantation system.