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1) The Maroons were groups of freed slaves who signed treaties with the British in the 1730s to maintain peace and assist with defending Jamaica in exchange for land and autonomy. 2) Over the next century, the Maroons largely fulfilled their treaty obligations by helping suppress slave rebellions and uprisings. 3) In 1865, when unrest broke out in St. Thomas, Jamaica, the Windward Maroons rallied to support the colonial authorities, consistent with how they had assisted over the previous century in main

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