Maroons
Maroons are descendants of Africans in the Americas and Islands of the Indian Ocean who escaped from slavery and formed their own settlements. They often mixed with indigenous peoples, eventually evolving into separate creole cultures such as the Garifuna and the Mascogos.
An 18th-century illustration of a Maroon | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| North and South America, Jamaica, Mauritius | |
| Languages | |
| Creole languages | |
| Religion | |
| African diasporic religions | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Maroon peoples Black Seminoles, Bushinengue, Jamaican Maroons, Mauritian Maroons, Kalungas, Palenqueros, Quilombola Great Dismal Swamp maroons |
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