The Maroon Community Slavery in the Americas has resulted in the birthing of many plantations. Plantations consisted of growing and exporting crops like sugar, cotton and corn to other countries. Anti-slavery organizations like the Maroon Community was birth in places like Jamaica and Cuba. Maroon is a spanish word that translate “ runaway or fugitive” .The Maroon Community is a group of runaway slaves located in the Caribbean,’”Some were dissatisfied with working conditions; others had been severely punished; others attempted to follow loved ones who were sold to distant locations; still others simply wished to take a break from the drudgery of bondage”(Runaway Slaves and Maroon Communities). Fugitives would often endanger themselves rather than …show more content…
Slaves living in this era who fled these plantations were mostly males, “The great majority were young men in their teens and twenties. Because of the dangers and difficulties of taking children along, only about one in five was female. Most who ran away were described in advertisements as intelligent, cunning, active, bold, artful, friendly, or polite” (Runaway Slaves and Maroon Communities). Fugitives would risk their life, their families life, and anyone who tried assisting with freeing a slave. Slaves who endeavored to be free would be physically afflicted by the slave master.
North and South America were both continents that were inhabited by slaves from West Africa, and were enslaved by Europeans. Slavery was an economically driven incentive for the enslavers. The Maroon Community shows a major significance in the anti-slavery or civil liberties uprising. Slaves gained liberties through organization of communities like the Maroon. This freedom allowed slaves to worship freely and have a sustainable living for their families and generations to come. Civil rights movement similar to the Maroon’s has evolved into present day