Queen Nanny, Granny Nanny, or Nanny of the Maroons ONH (c. 1686 – c. 1760), was an early-18th-century freedom fighter and leader of the Jamaican Maroons. She...
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Old Nanny Town was a village in the Blue Mountains of Portland Parish, northeastern Jamaica, used as a stronghold of Jamaican Maroons (escapee slaves)...
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to pursue them, the Maroons caught them off guard. Jeddo would have been a lieutenant of Nanny. During the First Maroon War, the Maroons used guerrilla...
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"Queen Nanny Windward Maroons", Itz Caribbean Video Accompong – Black freedom fighters in Jamaica (1992). Onlinearchiv Österreichische Mediathek (Maroons,....
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term for grandmother Nanny (river), a watercourse in Ireland Nanny of the Maroons, 18th-century leader of the Jamaican Maroons Nanny Still (1926—2009),...
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Cudjoe (redirect from Kojo (maroon))
to the Akan day name Kojo, Codjoe or Kwadwo – was a Maroon leader in Jamaica during the time of Nanny of the Maroons. In Twi, Cudjoe or Kojo is the name...
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Accompong (category Jamaican Maroon leaders)
Quaco and Nanny of the Maroons. Accompong Town was reportedly built by Kojo who assigned his Brother Accompong to watch over it. After years of raiding...
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Damen Group (redirect from The Damen Group)
5009 Cutter. The vessel is named after the Jamaican National Hero Nanny of the Maroons. The Marine Region of the Hong Kong Police Force is having Stan...
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Slave rebellion (redirect from Arm the slaves)
during the Zanj Rebellion. Nanny of the Maroons was an 18th-century leader of the Jamaican Maroons who led them to victory in the First Maroon War. The Quilombo...
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Renee Cox (category Jamaican emigrants to the United States)
considered part of the feminist art movement in the United States. Among the best known of her provocative works are Queen Nanny of the Maroons, Raje and Yo...
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