Capital of Earth: The Maroons of Moore Town (1979)

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  • Опубликовано: 13 окт 2024
  • Directed and produced by Jefferson Miller
    This historical documentary, filmed in Jamaica, focuses on the Maroons, direct descendants of escaped African slaves who formed rebel communities in the Blue Mountains. After a hundred years of guerrilla warfare against the British, they won freedom and political autonomy. Illustrates aspects of their unique and original West African heritage that are now at odds with the pressures of model social and economic change
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  • @jaidaebanks8771
    @jaidaebanks8771 3 года назад +135

    I played this documentary for my grandfather who was dying of cancer sometime in late March/April. We are from Portland, Jamaica. He loved our heritage and country. This video was one of a few that he watched and enjoyed very much. He was such a bright man always willing to grow and learn. He left Jamaica in 1985/86 and never got to go back. Unfortunately he passed just last month 5/25/21 God I miss him dearly. Thank you for this documentary

    • @itstheru274
      @itstheru274 3 года назад +5

      😔😪" My deepest sympathy 🙏🏿 🤲🏿 too you and your family 👪🏾 may your grandpa 👴🏿 "Rest in peace with the Ancestors🥀 😣😪🤲🏿🙏🏿 i'm a granny 👵🏿 myself wish i could get my grand babies to watch this with me 🥺😕" i love ❤ 😍 documentary like this 👍🏿💪🏿although i'm born and raised here in Wisconsin i had the pleasure to visit Jamaica 🇯🇲 "Omg! 😲😵 the best time of my life!!👏🏾👏🏾💪🏿✊🏾 saw 👀 " So much "Beauty!😍

    • @jaidaebanks8771
      @jaidaebanks8771 3 года назад +1

      @@itstheru274 thank you. God bless you 😘❤️

    • @itstheru274
      @itstheru274 3 года назад +3

      I will be sharing this video 📹 💕 with some of my beautiful 😍 Afrikan and Jamaican friends there like 👍🏿 family 👪🏾 i just love ❤ 😍 them an there children always willing too learn and they've taught me a thing or two also 😂😄☺😍🤗🤭👏🏾👍🏿💪🏿✊🏾

    • @JayGrinding
      @JayGrinding 2 года назад +1

      I need to go home to pass away

    • @yazzyb3293
      @yazzyb3293 11 месяцев назад +1

      😇

  • @Isthatalliyah
    @Isthatalliyah 5 лет назад +92

    Who’s watching this in 2019? learning my Jamaican heritage is a great feelin

    • @yasminer2189
      @yasminer2189 5 лет назад +3

      Yess. This is so fascinating and makes me so proud to be Jamaican!

    • @moyaleepow2106
      @moyaleepow2106 4 года назад +4

      2020 girl

    • @MrRugbylane
      @MrRugbylane 4 года назад +4

      2020 In Ireland.

    • @alexandram1910
      @alexandram1910 3 года назад +2

      2021

    • @brucewilliams473
      @brucewilliams473 3 года назад +1

      I am, originally of the New York state of 1709to the 1800s, my peoples where the Chewar, tribe. Migration to the deltas to escape slavery and war. Started their own colony called Chatawa, it's in pike county Ms. Always remember my Grandmother standing Strong, Proud, Powerful. Lived with her growing up and always thought whites were the minority, they would always come to her for help. And believe me, they respected her, none of that racist b.s. happen with her. They either got told off or shot, end of story. She didn't play that crap.

  • @bestsinger11
    @bestsinger11 6 лет назад +63

    As a Jamaican this just brings back memories of going back home and hearing my grandfather, God rest his soul talk about the maroons and their resilience. Beautiful documetary thanks!

  • @TheTrill334
    @TheTrill334 6 лет назад +48

    Maroon's freedom fighting influenced the Rastas . This us one of the best videos I've seen and I'm proud of African jamaican history . My great great grandfather is from Jamaica and it's good to learn and see the ashanti and igbo bloodlines.

    • @thephoenix2176
      @thephoenix2176 3 года назад

      Rastas are Jamaicans?

    • @itstheru274
      @itstheru274 3 года назад +1

      😍🥰👏🏾👏🏾👍🏿💪🏿✊🏾

    • @dondonavan
      @dondonavan 7 месяцев назад

      African Jamaican!
      Some of our people across the islands tend to forget that we are African first.

  • @frogator
    @frogator 5 лет назад +33

    I am so grateful to find this again! Thank you @reelblack! My family is featured in this film. I am in near tears.

  • @uzieclypsmedia5553
    @uzieclypsmedia5553 4 года назад +22

    Can you believe I used to live their when I was really young. I feel so blessed to be apart of such a beautiful cultural. I remember everything was very simple and calm.

  • @Cr1ngeK1ngs
    @Cr1ngeK1ngs 5 лет назад +62

    My grandparents grew up in Maroon town.. My great uncle “Uncle Norman” was a Chief known as “Tailor Thorpe”. When I was a baby they did their Maroon ritual and covered me.. My grand mother never let me forget about Maroons though it didn’t concern me as a child. While growing up in pre-gentrified brooklyn, I felt compelled to revisit the history after watching recolonization take place in front of my eyes. The Maroon resilience can only be found in one other place and that’s Haiti. These are warriors who believe in freedom or death.. This is the mindset we must employ today to fight systematic white supremacy

    • @markcharleswashington2073
      @markcharleswashington2073 5 лет назад +1

      It’s not about color of the slavery masters campaign of worldwide terror, it’s about religion, the catholic church’s synagogue 🕍/banksters are always behind the mess and madness, white peoples were sold into slavery bonds disguised as birth/berth certificates and outright forced slavery for generations also by descendants of the same people who believe they’re somehow considered royalty, king 🤴,queen 👸🏻,pope 👑 and the entire world 🗺 of pontificators, politicians, pastors, priests and police 👮‍♀️👮 ,all idol worshipping idiots who go along with their farce and pretended so-called authority over Gods great planet, people, place names and international shipping rights is what makes this world 🗺 an miserable place to be, otherwise we’d be fine, regardless its not about skins, it’s about their religion of Talmudism and they don’t wanna have y’all notice those pyramids in the background of the movie 🎥 when the guy mentions heritage. That part of flood history you’re not supposed to know about until the four hundred years of slavery is over... oh yeah that’s this year, isn’t it????? Congratulations from some someone who was born in England, lives in California,looks white,but inside knows our real beauty is inside, now original moors marooned on your own island 🌴, go uncover your real past, it’s really right underfoot. P.S. don’t let mi-guys know anything, keep your opponent confused and chasing red herrings.

    • @kondensedyah9249
      @kondensedyah9249 4 года назад +4

      I used to visit my family in Moore Town, and climbing the hills and mountain was very challenging.

    • @BigBrotherBeat
      @BigBrotherBeat 3 года назад +8

      "The Maroon resilience can only be found in one other place and that’s Haiti", also in Surinam/Suriname

    • @scottharrisdpi
      @scottharrisdpi 2 года назад +3

      @@BigBrotherBeat And in Yanga-Veracruz/Mexico, Colombia, Guyana, Dominica, Antigua, St John/USVI...

    • @jasonsha6844
      @jasonsha6844 Год назад

      Tribes stole woman and man from other tribes and sold them on to slave ships history was brutal in Australia tribes always had disputes over stolen woman it happened all throughout history and still happens pimps are scum of the human race stick your hatred and replace it with compassion stuff black power or white supramicy we are all blood and bone

  • @smonelh
    @smonelh 2 года назад +5

    I’ve been to Jamaica twice on a girls trip. This Christmas my family and I are going and this doc is my kids pre trip homework. 😅
    Jamaica is my favorite vacation spot and I absolutely love the culture. Thank you so much for this documentary.

  • @Riogi
    @Riogi 5 лет назад +59

    The Maroons are amazing people! They refused to be enslaved by anyone and remained free against all odds.

    • @farricco1
      @farricco1 3 года назад +4

      Respect to that ✊🏿

    • @Shew-fly
      @Shew-fly 3 года назад +1

      So true! And they were getting paid from the Brits to hunt down slaves. Bless.

    • @Fari-100
      @Fari-100 2 года назад +1

      They fought against the freedom of the rest of their African brothers & sisters though. Ain't no respect for that!

    • @kingrastatv802
      @kingrastatv802 2 года назад +4

      @@Fari-100 when your back against the wall especially during those times white slave masters with better technology (guns) cannon, etc how easy is it to say fr what you would’ve done? also it was africans that sold us out into slavery first so do we all need to apologize to ourselves?

    • @ShaneM420
      @ShaneM420 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@Fari-100huh?
      Please explain what you are saying

  • @reginaldsmith7897
    @reginaldsmith7897 6 лет назад +57

    I been knew about the maroons that's my ancestors!!!✊🏿

    • @1x1HealthyEnergybyAndrew
      @1x1HealthyEnergybyAndrew 4 года назад +2

      @Sheila Mchgee you ever notice how Whites elevate you with a goal for using you like slaves?
      Tribal, indigenous and many other people elevate others just because we believe all people should be elevated.
      Must remember

  • @ceew3493
    @ceew3493 2 года назад +9

    I've watched this more than once and I love seeing how things were. This should be shown to the youngsters in Jamaica to remind them of the heritage and also shown here in England to show the youths why the original people were about.

  • @blackmennewstyle
    @blackmennewstyle 6 лет назад +21

    I'm from the french west indies and boy i love your channel, rediscovering all these carribeans tragedies and historical moments are priceless :)
    Mèci an chay frè mwen :)

    • @reelblack
      @reelblack  6 лет назад +3

      Yes. This one was exceptionally well done. So many things I discovered as well. Even as fundamental as how Jerk chicken/Jerk pork was invented. 👊🏿

  • @carlyork8185
    @carlyork8185 4 года назад +23

    When I think of the glorious heritage that is ours I feel very proud to be Jamaican

  • @godblessmemercy2438
    @godblessmemercy2438 4 года назад +50

    I love Jamaica so much although I am a Ghanaian. I feel they are part of me. I will visit the land Jamaica one day .

    • @yangabeng
      @yangabeng 4 года назад +11

      They are part of you! Or you are apart of them! I am not saying this in jest. At least 60 to 70 of us Jamaicans were taken from the Gold Coast or present day Ghana.

    • @emmanuelessel7127
      @emmanuelessel7127 3 года назад +4

      Very proud of my Jamaican distant relatives; they are great reminders of our true nature outside of european influence and attempted eurocentric cultural domination. I am a Fantse man from Ekumfi Narkwa and I see the this video footage as Akan sustainability efforts in the mountains of Jamaica. Bless!!!

    • @steadyff125
      @steadyff125 3 года назад +3

      @@yangabeng that’s why Africa is called the mother land?

    • @kevonstar8097
      @kevonstar8097 3 года назад +3

      Jamaican are from west Africa people an we mostly consist of Ghana and nigeria our national dish is ackee and ackee is from Ghana, Ghanaian brought it here

    • @dawnhylton6355
      @dawnhylton6355 3 года назад +1

      Blessings Famly, from Jamaica with Love.

  • @beverleypollard2561
    @beverleypollard2561 3 года назад +6

    These ReelBack Films are a treasure. Thank you very much

  • @theblackbanter5242
    @theblackbanter5242 6 лет назад +38

    We must tell our story without hesitation as James Mtume said (He who control the image gives the definition)

  • @bighomiehood3852
    @bighomiehood3852 6 лет назад +57

    There not gonna teach u this in school we want be defeated the most high is with us we just hv to be guided by the old spirits

  • @danidoug2692
    @danidoug2692 3 года назад +17

    Maroon through and through. From Moore Town and still proud.

  • @AngelicTroubleMaker-LaVooDoo24
    @AngelicTroubleMaker-LaVooDoo24 6 лет назад +93

    WOW!! WE ARE SO RESILIENT. I LOVE MY PEOPLE

  • @felixofosuboateng9412
    @felixofosuboateng9412 2 года назад +10

    The lifestyle of these people definitely suggests they are Ashantis. We are jungle/forest dwellers. and we fought and resisted the British rule and oppression during the colonial days. Their ways of life (the talking drum -"Atumpan", the warning horns- "Ntahara", use of herbs, the percussion drum -"Ketey or Adowa drum", the bamboo sticks being used by the children are predominantly used by the modern-day Fantes "who are part of the Akans" in Ghana ) are just as they are still being practiced here among the Akan people.

  • @elwyncrawford3397
    @elwyncrawford3397 4 года назад +21

    I am who I am today because my ancestors legacy
    Maroon straight outa Battersea 👊🏿🌴🌲🔥💯

  • @simonyip5978
    @simonyip5978 3 года назад +11

    The man with the camoflague..!! Can you imagine being a British soldier and suddenly coming face to face with him in the middle of the jungle just as it was getting dark..!?!?? A terrifying sight.

  • @MrRugbylane
    @MrRugbylane 4 года назад +25

    The camouflage dude is amazing.

    • @missceebrownin
      @missceebrownin 4 года назад +3

      Truss me!!!!! 🤦🏾‍♀️👌🏾💯

    • @JayGrinding
      @JayGrinding 2 года назад

      🇯🇲

    • @CornielByfield
      @CornielByfield 3 месяца назад

      This is where Britain army got the Comouflage ...from Empress Nanny the maroons of Jamaica.

  • @mahalallel2012
    @mahalallel2012 3 года назад +23

    When the Asante were fighting to conquer their fellow Akan called the Akim in the Eastern Region, the 'Abuakwanfo' (guerilla fighters) of Abuakwa ambushed the Asante King Osie Kofi Tutu I, He held his ground but was shot and killed and fell into the river Pra. At 14:28 you can see a camouflaged Kromanti. This is a perfect example to illustrate how good the Abuakwanfo where at jungle fighting. I can tell where most of the Jamaican Maroons are from because the Eastern region of the Akyem/Akim is the region of Ghana, which is where the British, via Captain Bligh, exported the ackee plant to Jamaica. The word 'ackee' is attributed to the word Akyem. The Ackee is not eaten in Ghana but is often used as a fishing bait; when the fish eat it they become comatose and float to the top of the water.

    • @scottharrisdpi
      @scottharrisdpi 2 года назад +8

      First of all, I am responding to this piece on a computer at work and so the photo/name attached to this link is not mine. It is, rather, my boss's. My name is Yaw Frempong and I am an Asantenii (Ashanti man)
      Yes, it is true that there was a war between the Asante and Akyem, but that does not mean that the "Maroons" who ended up in Jamaica or elsewhere were necessarily Akyems. The war that you are referencing took place in the early 1700s, the very time that the Asante Confederacy/Kingdom was formed. Slavery, however, began in the early 1500s and, yes, in the then Gold Coast, now Ghana. People like Yankah (Yanga) of Veracruz, Mexico and Benkos Bio (Bioho) of Colombia, and many other Akans arrived in the Americas in the 1500s. Even the first wave of slaves to be brought to the United States, by way of Barbados and nearby Caribbean islands and from the early 1600s to late 1600s, were all Akans - including Asantes.
      For all kinds of reasons, there were many wars fought between our peoples in those days, and many "prisoners of war" ended up being sold into slavery. Denkyira, the most dominant Akan kingdom in the area prior to their defeat by the Asante in1705, for example, is known have sold their defeated neighbors, including Asantes and Akyems, to the Dutch at Elmina Castle.
      I visited Accompong Town, Jamaica, in 2012. The people told me that their ancestors were mostly Asantes. Colonel Wallace Sterling, the current chief of Moore Town and with whom I speak/chat on the phone, said the same thing.
      PS: The Akyem once lived in the area of present-day Ashanti Region, near my ancestral area, called Adanse. They moved east to avoid being forced to join the new Asante Confederacy and to become "subservient" to the Asantehene (King of the Ashantis). We are different clans, perhaps, but the SAME people.

    • @julianaansah6367
      @julianaansah6367 11 месяцев назад +1

      Most of them aren’t akyem and still the Ashanti’s were dominate over akyem and stronger better fighters then u after y’all had shot and killed him don’t forget the asante came back and massacred many of u don’t play

    • @mahalallel2012
      @mahalallel2012 11 месяцев назад +2

      I agree with you. Most Jamaican Akan Maroons were not Asante, but they get their fiery spirit from the Akyem, who put up a good fight against the Asante. After the Asante King was killed, the Asante returned under the new King -Nana Apoku Ware I. He and the subsequently Asante Kings (like Nana Osei Kwame - 1777-1803), all pledged to avenge the first King of the Asante -Nana Osie Kofi Tutu I. During the following 100 years, many Akyem were killed, and their towns captured, and many of the warriors were sold into slavery, and ended up in Jamaica; hence the Maroons. The British Parliament tried to pass a law to ban the importing of Akan slaves into Jamaica, due to their rebellious and war like ways. Many of them were warriors from the Eastern Region, from fighting the Asante. I am showing you that after hundreds of years that you can still see what the 'Abuakwanfo' (guerilla fighters) look like in Jamaica. Stay bless@@julianaansah6367

    • @blessinggoodthings3124
      @blessinggoodthings3124 3 месяца назад

      @@scottharrisdpi well explained thank you.

  • @stephenboateng9360
    @stephenboateng9360 5 лет назад +20

    The Aben in Ghana means whistle which is picked from the word tentenben or abeben which is a horn of an animal as you can see the whistle is made of 14:00

  • @KennyLauderdale
    @KennyLauderdale 2 года назад +5

    I love learning about our history. My family originates in Maidstone in Manchester parish. Up in the same mountains and hills of country. Powell is our name. Surely given by a slave owner. But we ran to the mountains. Maroon!!! And we started to build our family FREE from bondage! Amen

  • @BashiyrDouglas
    @BashiyrDouglas 3 года назад +19

    We are Global African Indigenous people!! Love and Unity is the best key for us all together!!💯
    Also Giving thanks to the Great Mother's/Goddesses and Great Father's/Gods and the Ancestors and Guardians!! Saying from Snefer aka Bashiyr!!🤴🏿👸🏿

    • @m.patsyfauntleroy9645
      @m.patsyfauntleroy9645 3 года назад

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    • @JOSECARABALLO-e1n
      @JOSECARABALLO-e1n 10 месяцев назад

      IDIGENOUS FROM AFRICA!!!

  • @diamondmurdock3577
    @diamondmurdock3577 3 года назад +9

    Watching in 2021🌟🌟❤❤

  • @benjyrunnings1852
    @benjyrunnings1852 3 года назад +3

    Thanks to the RUclips and youtubers for this incredible video and piece of Black history. Ppl that don't know where they come from never go nowhere.

  • @GearsinMotionGraphics
    @GearsinMotionGraphics 6 лет назад +24

    Time is a perception of Future.... learn were you are at, so that time dose not conform your future

    • @candib4488
      @candib4488 6 лет назад +1

      Robert Jackson. Xmsm few k z quick

  • @martinsplichal1581
    @martinsplichal1581 3 года назад +2

    Thanks for another fantastic film. I love reelblack.

  • @shakkamusa2366
    @shakkamusa2366 3 года назад +10

    The Maroons are a testament to the resilience and ingenuity of our wonderful ancestors. Don't ever buy into the lie that our ancestors were passive and that Africans on the continent didn't care about us. Remember Queen Nanny.? There are other Maroon communities in Surinam and elsewhere. I am so proud to be their descendant. May all the ancestors rest in power.

  • @130rne
    @130rne 4 года назад +15

    Quarantine To Do list: learn about Jamaican heritage

  • @righteouswarrior7621
    @righteouswarrior7621 3 года назад +14

    Well if Jamaican government claim they never sign no treaty, then we have a new fight on our hands.
    If they subdue the city then Granny fought for nothing.
    You must stand against all form of injustice, remember the blood that was shed before you.
    Don't be cowards now, colonialism is still the same thing no matter what form or colour it takes.
    British still in controll through the Commonwealth/governor general.
    That ras need a box😒
    Just follow the order or bounce
    Tree always remain a tree it never changes only grow until it makes space for another.
    Granny Nanny Salute because of you I know truth and justice in my soul❤

    • @yvonneblake2
      @yvonneblake2 3 года назад +3

      It is Delroy Chuck who is of Chinese decent and is setting the stage for his people to steal our land as they are the new colonisers

  • @florencesenya1506
    @florencesenya1506 Год назад +8

    The maroons are descendant of the Akans of Ghana. They are a very strong, resilient, proud and war like people. I am inclined to believe those sold into slavery were prisoners of war. Their ancestral home is in the forest areas of Ghana so it's no wonder they adapted so well in the Jamaican jungle.

    • @sankofanyame
      @sankofanyame Месяц назад

      yes. Maroons are Akans. and most enslaved people was prisoners of war, a.k.a. captured warriors. das why there was so many well organized violent rebellions against slavery. da Afrikan captives was skilled warriors or descended from skilled warriors, das how so many ppl fought and won against deez fully organized, fully armed, colonial armies

  • @jenniferhaynes8625
    @jenniferhaynes8625 5 лет назад +28

    African people were taken everywhere.We are a strong people.You can see many features of Jamaicans and Haitians and other islands are still closely like there African brothers and sisters.

  • @tijapassley9936
    @tijapassley9936 5 лет назад +20

    I see my Uncle Apud and My cousin in this :D

    • @123abc4u
      @123abc4u 4 года назад +2

      My grandfather is in this...wonder if we are related.

    • @kevinosbourne8839
      @kevinosbourne8839 3 года назад

      Nuffield respect to the passley family....man like azzlam ....the two teacher ladies...taught me in school,,,,Louis passley...

  • @justtruth5855
    @justtruth5855 5 лет назад +2

    reelblack, just looked at your playlists and i have seen some of them. lts a pleasure to subscribe to your channel.

  • @carlyork8185
    @carlyork8185 4 года назад +4

    Hey reelblack THIS WAS A GOOD FIND SIS

  • @IceManLikeGervin
    @IceManLikeGervin 5 лет назад +5

    A very educational upload- respect!

  • @kevinosbourne8839
    @kevinosbourne8839 3 года назад +5

    Teacher harris ...God bless your soul...

  • @lolo_bird
    @lolo_bird Год назад +4

    Little known fact, many maroons were Muslims from west Africa who learned military skills during Sufi jihads against slave raids in their homelands

  • @normahamilton2985
    @normahamilton2985 3 года назад +7

    I am very proud of my people. I am also impressed with the Ethopians who used bees, wasp, elephants, lions & monkeys to defeat the Italians. Yes, freedom or fight to the death!!

  • @mussie12341
    @mussie12341 3 года назад +10

    You are one of the first people stand against evil slavery from white people stand strong brother n sisters we love you for standing against those devil empire thanks maroon people long live i will visit you one day from Ethiopia Africa

    • @Fari-100
      @Fari-100 2 года назад

      Not exactly tho. Better learn some more. They worked with the British to stop some of the biggest slave rebellions in Jamaica

  • @hillaryeloisecoombs-connel7762
    @hillaryeloisecoombs-connel7762 27 дней назад

    I love this. Thanks for sharing. I will keep this as my little treasure.can some tell me what language the gentleman was sing in. It did not sound like patoisnor Spanish, maybe African and what tribe? Thanks

  • @millions2nette
    @millions2nette 3 года назад +3

    The narrator, is talking over him so much, on many parts, although his English is very clear and easily understood.

  • @chuckybonty4191
    @chuckybonty4191 3 года назад +7

    They look just like the Akan people of Ghana 🇬🇭

  • @JeromeMarcus90
    @JeromeMarcus90 5 лет назад +2

    Loved seeing where my grandparents came from! What was the name of the spear described at 13.55? I keep trying to find it, but I can’t spell it out.

  • @shantaemartin345
    @shantaemartin345 4 года назад +7

    Omg the great aunt Liz, my great grandmother ☺️

    • @123abc4u
      @123abc4u 4 года назад

      My grandfather is in this...I wonder if we are related.

    • @shantaemartin345
      @shantaemartin345 4 года назад

      @@123abc4u what is his name

  • @carolynedwards2689
    @carolynedwards2689 3 года назад +7

    I Went BACK TO THE BEGINNING, FATHER BACK, THAN THIS AND FOUND OUT WHAT REALLY HAPPENED, because i know that IN ODER TO HAVE AND KEEP CONTROL OVER PEOPLE, THERE HAVE TO BE CHANGES MADE, CONSISTENLY. SO THAT WHAT ONE WANT TO BE REVEIALED, AND WHATEVER ELSE HIDDEN. THESE PEAPLE ANCESTORS WERE VERY RICH.

  • @LutherClarke-ch3kj
    @LutherClarke-ch3kj 7 месяцев назад +1

    Harris Chang and the priminister did not herd of maroon bien granted land but this history was thought in school

  • @dextermaxwell9035
    @dextermaxwell9035 10 месяцев назад +2

    The European slavers underestimated the captives that they brought to Jamaica mainly and other slave ports. Among the captives were war generals, aristocrats, people from the priestly class and other very brilliant Africans so it is no wonder that there were so many rebellions and even a total takeover i.e. what happened in Haiti.

  • @SWAGonda187
    @SWAGonda187 6 лет назад +42

    dont let the wypipo see this..

  • @greenfield4414
    @greenfield4414 3 года назад +6

    Now we know how the world military developed the art and act of camouflaging in the forest during war fronts.

    • @dawnhylton6355
      @dawnhylton6355 3 года назад

      Queen Nanny is the Creator of "guerrilla tactics" in Warfare. There has been only 2 murders in the Maroon State since its existence.

  • @JohnDoe-jm1qd
    @JohnDoe-jm1qd 8 месяцев назад +2

    The maroons invented the Ghillie suit 😮

  • @michaelmuzondo1556
    @michaelmuzondo1556 6 месяцев назад +1

    I can see where Peter Tosh was coming from. Big up

  • @russellrobinson5930
    @russellrobinson5930 3 года назад +3

    This is beautiful

  • @teekolinski491
    @teekolinski491 Год назад +2

    Maroons: a mix of the African slaves brought over & the indigenous Arawaks that escaped the Spanish slaughter. They ran up into the hills into the heavily wooded, lush landscape where the Europeans couldn't navigate. Thus their survival & pure bloodline for long after. ❤

  • @Lord_Lvcif3r
    @Lord_Lvcif3r 6 лет назад +8

    I wonder..... Is this where Maroon 5 got their band name from......

  • @tracywebb1604
    @tracywebb1604 6 лет назад +5

    Never new..wow. Thanks

    • @marciabryce1379
      @marciabryce1379 Год назад

      When building homes back in the days they do that, even now people still practice libations and blood ritual we are yisrealites take it or leave it.

  • @Shew-fly
    @Shew-fly 3 года назад +4

    R.I.P. Three finga Jack and the rest a dem

  • @Drew-kq3kh
    @Drew-kq3kh 6 месяцев назад +1

    Respect 🇯🇲

  • @PaulineJackson-x6f
    @PaulineJackson-x6f 5 месяцев назад

    Surprisingly they were very hard working people creative wow ❤

  • @craigthompson3739
    @craigthompson3739 9 месяцев назад +2

    Sadly, such a proud tradition is fading. I compare it to the Gulla Geechees in SC whose land is taken against their will for development.

  • @neverrello
    @neverrello 7 месяцев назад

    🇩🇿❤️❤️❤️❤️🇯🇲
    Love my Jamaican brothers and sisters!

  • @LutherClarke-ch3kj
    @LutherClarke-ch3kj 7 месяцев назад +1

    Waking on those bamboos I had Don that while I was a child we call it John tom

  • @LEvans-vg7sp
    @LEvans-vg7sp 5 лет назад +1

    If anyone knows of an updated version of this film please let me know. It'd be interesting to see how things are now.

    • @123abc4u
      @123abc4u 4 года назад +2

      There is a channel called Kromanti Experience that is from the exact location. They share updates and give tours.

  • @luckylushiono300
    @luckylushiono300 9 месяцев назад

    I read this book,thank you.The name of the book is the leeward and windward maroin

  • @carolynedwards2689
    @carolynedwards2689 3 года назад +7

    IT SHOULD BE CALLED ( MOOR) BECAUSE. THEY WERE HERE, ALSO

    • @auldinejohnson3213
      @auldinejohnson3213 3 года назад +2

      Carolyn Edwards. You are correct. The Maroons share the Moors blood too. Also Arawaks/Tihinis Indian blood. Not sure of spelling though. Great video. I am Jamaican too. Peace.

    • @russellrobinson5930
      @russellrobinson5930 3 года назад +3

      I'm a moor

  • @dianadyer2152
    @dianadyer2152 9 месяцев назад +2

    We are still due reparations and money from slavery being abolished from the Spanish and British!
    We will not rest until this has been fulfilled. The British who owned our people were paid out money for their so-called losses as recent as 2015!
    Our heritage is wonderful, but it would be much more enriched once we receive what is rightfully ours from the forced labour and people trafficking of our Ancestors. We are the survivors of our people. Thanks to the Almighty.

  • @lllewis2506
    @lllewis2506 3 года назад +9

    The maroons were in the main land north America too Georgia Florida Carolinas too. Every maroon didnt come from Africa

    • @pinasiansunjukaninge302
      @pinasiansunjukaninge302 3 года назад +3

      The Seminole Maroons fought in the indian wars

    • @lllewis2506
      @lllewis2506 3 года назад

      @@pinasiansunjukaninge302 of course they are indians

  • @SleepyBarbecue-vz4vj
    @SleepyBarbecue-vz4vj 4 месяца назад

    Proud

  • @kevinosbourne8839
    @kevinosbourne8839 3 года назад +1

    Yeah man big up the true warriors of the maroon tribes....my ancestors 😊

  • @jase2791
    @jase2791 4 месяца назад

    I from this area, and the sad truth is the elders NEVER passed on the knowledge ( bush medicine, language) to us the current generation.

    • @Realdeallo1
      @Realdeallo1 Месяц назад +1

      My grandparents passed it on to me

    • @real2806
      @real2806 Месяц назад

      Truthfully, young people now are not interested in the tradition and they are losing more and more of Maroon County to the International Mining companies and foreigners with lots of money. The Jamaican government is making it possible for this to occur.

  • @BluenatureTv7
    @BluenatureTv7 7 месяцев назад +1

    They don’t use the bamboo walking stick these days that was cool for walking ok the bamboo 😂 these kids need to know that kinda fun

  • @NeneLouisy1991
    @NeneLouisy1991 8 месяцев назад +1

    We survive everywhere

  • @gw9213
    @gw9213 2 года назад

    Luv dis.

  • @df1707
    @df1707 4 года назад +13

    13:28 The Jamaican said they use it like a gun to defend themselves against white people. The narrator left that part out.

  • @sharonpage8462
    @sharonpage8462 Год назад

    I enjoyed the film.

  • @TappaTop
    @TappaTop 5 лет назад +20

    13:29 I noticed he didn't translate the part where he said "white people" hmmm...I wonder why

    • @playtimefun6989
      @playtimefun6989 4 года назад +2

      yep, me too

    • @ToniTone33
      @ToniTone33 3 года назад +7

      He definitely said his ancestors used the spear to kill hogs as well as white people

    • @diamondmurdock3577
      @diamondmurdock3577 3 года назад +1

      Right same thing am saying 😃😃😃😃😃

    • @kimberlyp8757
      @kimberlyp8757 3 года назад +4

      He surely skipped over that part didn't he? Things that make you go hmmmm...

    • @mikeock6137
      @mikeock6137 3 года назад +6

      They’re still playing games with our history. Exactly why we have to stay sharp and pay very close attention

  • @NunyaHarmonee
    @NunyaHarmonee 2 года назад +2

    I look forward to the name Moore town to be changed back to New Nanny Town. Moore was a British colonizer (first Governor).

  • @tracywebb1604
    @tracywebb1604 6 лет назад +5

    Boy did he just cut a chicken..and keep the blood..wow

  • @camplo777
    @camplo777 8 месяцев назад +1

    Theres nobody smarter in any era then african descendants!!!

  • @rayalvarez7247
    @rayalvarez7247 11 дней назад

    My brother sent me here.

  • @ZachVanHarrisJR
    @ZachVanHarrisJR 6 лет назад +3

    Open Rebellions and the Mountains aided to the freedom movement, peace ✌

  • @corylink336
    @corylink336 Год назад +1

    My great grandmother is a Maroon

  • @margarettemullings2527
    @margarettemullings2527 2 года назад +1

    🇯🇲 Note History ⚓🤝 🌍 Buju Always Be Careful They Dont Like Truth 😪😪😪 Trying My Best 2 Do The Same ⚓🤝👏 Blessings We Here 2 Up Hold The Rights Of The Maroons 😪😪😪 We Should Not 4get Them .. I Do Hope NANNY Hear The Voices Of The MAROONS OF JAMAICA 😪😪😪 Respek 2 All Remember Where We Came From An Still Hoping 2wards Our Future 🇯🇲 .. MERCY BE ON THE MAROONS PLEASE . .

  • @DME4life1
    @DME4life1 3 года назад +2

    Cite your sources and you will not have plagiarism issues!

  • @menarcanindians9370
    @menarcanindians9370 2 года назад +2

    Do not let this video put an illusion in your mind that you came from somewhere else your people have always been here in the Americas 140 million years ago when the dinosaurs in our ancestors walked the lands of South America and the Africa which was connected you was here

  • @alexclark4234
    @alexclark4234 9 месяцев назад +1

    All Jamaicans should realize they are all maroons

  • @sunrunneroldbottels223
    @sunrunneroldbottels223 3 года назад

    i wrote a story about these people . very interesting crossed of cultures .

  • @davidsdean
    @davidsdean 3 года назад

    Yeah, Ok, didnt know about the mixing bloods and white rum drinking part of the treaty signing.....No wonder that treaty held up till today......Spell binding.....🤣🤣

  • @MrSqilz
    @MrSqilz 3 года назад +3

    Wasn’t it a maroon who captured tacky and stopped his rebellion?

    • @Fari-100
      @Fari-100 2 года назад

      Fact

    • @user-eu2me4bp7j
      @user-eu2me4bp7j 2 года назад +1

      Wikipedia - "On April 14, other Maroon parties from Scott's Hall and Moore Town joined the Charles Town Maroons, and led by Swigle, they engaged Tacky's men in a battle in Rocky Valley, and routed them, defeating and killing a number of the slave rebels. Tacky and the remainder of his men went running through the woods being chased by the Maroons and their legendary marksman, Davy. While running at full speed, Davy shot Tacky and cut off his head as evidence of his feat, for which he would be richly rewarded." :(

    • @roylle6346
      @roylle6346 Год назад

      Tacky was a maroon

  • @corylink336
    @corylink336 Год назад +1

    It brings me great joy to know that the capital of earth(moor town) is in Jamaican.

  • @YawAsafo
    @YawAsafo 3 года назад +3

    Would be great to begin to discard with these NON-AFRIKAN terms, like Colonel.

  • @daintyja2442
    @daintyja2442 4 года назад +4

    I wonder why they have English surnames......the first were from Spain rule....the African names have been lost.

  • @dionnewright2330
    @dionnewright2330 5 лет назад +1

    Wow

  • @clarke4552
    @clarke4552 3 года назад

    Big tunes

  • @AkaThewoundedhealer
    @AkaThewoundedhealer 25 дней назад

    Maroons remain forever n ever

  • @julietmurray7929
    @julietmurray7929 2 года назад +2

    Jamaica is one people. We are not separate from other Jamaicans. If you think you are different from other Jamaicans, then I suggest you return to Africa. Out of many one people.