Culture Desk • Maroon Series

Resistance. Land. Treaties. Truth.

A continuing CTOL investigation into Jamaica's Maroon communities, the documents that shaped their relationship with the colonial state and the questions that remain alive today.

Maroon Series • Episode 1

Jamaica's Maroons: What Do the Treaties Really Say About Sovereignty, Land and Freedom?

The treaty ended a war, recognized freedom and granted land. It also created obligations that still complicate the story.

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The project

The Maroons: Children of Resistance

“The history did not end when the treaty was signed.”

This series supports research for a proposed CTOL short documentary, Brooklyn screening and public conversation created by Ramona Campbell through Coffee Tea or Labrish Media.