where did the slaves of jamaica come from
Afro-Jamaican Based on the phoenix ship records, enslaved Africans mostly came from the Akan people (Twi [Ashanti Akyem, etc], Fante and Bono) followed by Igbo, Yoruba, Kongo, Fon people and Moko people. Akan (then called Coromantee) culture was the dominant African culture in Jamaica.[2]
Paris Peace Accords
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Jamaican Maroons The Jamaican Maroons are descendants of maroons, Africans who escaped from slavery on the island of Jamaica and established free communities in the mountainous interior, primarily in the eastern parishes. African slaves imported during the Spanish period likely were the first to develop such refugee communities.
Zimbabwe African People's Union The Unity Accord signed at that meeting stated:
West Indies The region is known as the area running from Florida westward along the Gulf Coast, and then south along the Mexican coast through Central America and then eastward across the northern coast of South America.