African Connections
Wherever African slaves were imported in the Americas, some escaped. In Brazil, Mexico, Surinam, and other colonies, fugitive slaves founded rebel communities that endured for generations. The Spanish referred to the members of these communities as
cimarronnes, or runaways. The British shortened cimarron to maroon, which is still in use today.
Sources:
Price 1-2, Morgan 10-12.
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