Nanny of the Maroons was from Ghana, West Africa. She was brought to Jamaica as a slave but later escaped and became a prominent leader of the Windward Maroons, a group of Jamaican Maroons who fought against British colonization.
Queen Nanny, Granny Nanny or Nanny (c. 1686 – c. 1755), was an 18th-century leader of the Jamaican Maroons. She led a community of formerly enslaved Africans called the Windward Maroons.
Nanny of the Maroons is from the parish of St. Thomas in Jamaica. She was a leader of the Windward Maroons, who fought against British colonial forces in the early 18th century.
Queen Nanny of the Maroons, a leader of the Windward Maroons of Jamaica, promised to free all enslaved people in her kingdom. She was a fearless and strategic leader who fought against British colonizers and advocated for the freedom of her people.
nanny was born in east Africa where she came to Jamaica in a slave ship she did not like slavery so she ran away that was called a maroon so other slaves would come to blue mountain and join nanny she was the leader of the maroons which was also known as queen nanny
nanny of the maroons
Maroons are descendants of escaped slaves who lived in the remote regions of the island as free men. They are divided in Jamaica into two groups, The John Crow Maroon on the Eastern part of the island and the Windward Maroons on the western side. Several wars were fought between Maroons and the British in the 1700's resulting in their liberty being recognised by the British throne. Nanny, a national hero of Jamaica, was a maroon of Ashanti African heritage during these wars. Maroons are still an important part of Jamaica, their two main towns are Maroon town in the John Crow Mountains and Accomponang near the town of Maggoty in the western part of the islands. Many maroons today are part of the JDF because of their military traditions passed down for more than 300 years
Kenosha Maroons ended in 1924.
Montreal Maroons was created in 1924.
Montreal Maroons ended in 1947.
Pottsville Maroons ended in 1929.
Pottsville Maroons was created in 1920.