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Maroon community

Meaning in history, with examples

nounCommon term

In history, maroon community means: A community formed by people who escaped slavery and established life beyond enslavers' direct control.

In Turkish: kaçak kölelerin kurduğu topluluk, Marun topluluğu

How it is used

Especially used in histories of the Americas; avoid assuming all communities had identical political arrangements.

Example sentences

  1. The maroon community cultivated fields beyond the plantation frontier.

    Escape could lead to sustained collective settlement.

  2. The treaty recognized negotiations with leaders of a maroon community.

    Such communities could become political actors in colonial relations.

Common collocations

  • a maroon community
  • maroon settlement
  • slaveryA system in which people are legally owned by others, forced to work without pay and denied basic freedoms, or the condition of being enslaved.
  • colonialismThe policy or practice of a state taking control of other territories and peoples, settling or ruling them, and using their land and resources for its own benefit.

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