Maroon - Revision history

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 * [[Jean Kina]] - A maroon who fought on the side of the British forces in Saint-Domingue.
-==Reference==
+==References==
 * Mawon. (2005, October 1). ''Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia''. Retrieved 10:23, December 8, 2005 [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mawon&oldid=24515446].

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 ==Escaped slaves==
-Many maroons took up fighting the colonial powers, such as [[François Mackandal]], [[Jean-François]], [[Boukman]] and [[Romaine-la-Prophetesse]] The maroon [[Padrejean]] led one of the earliest recorded slave revolts in 1679. Marroons often settled in remote mountain regions, often living together with the remaining natives, the [[Taíno]].
+Many maroons took up fighting the colonial powers, such as [[François Mackandal]], [[Jean-François]], [[Boukman]] and [[Romaine-la-Prophetesse]]. The maroon [[Padrejean]] led one of the earliest recorded slave revolts in 1679. Marroons often settled in remote mountain regions, often living together with the remaining natives, the [[Taíno]].
 While the maroons in [[Saint-Domingue]] lived mainly of subsistence agriculture, they also carried out raids on the slave-holding colonial plantations and mounted defenses against the French colonial authorities to defend their freedom.

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 ==Escaped slaves==
-Many maroons took up fighting the colonial powers, such as [[François Mackandal]], [[Jean-François]] and [[Boukman]]. The maroon [[Padrejean]] led one of the earliest recorded slave revolts in 1679. Marroons often settled in remote mountain regions, often living together with the remaining natives, the [[Taíno]].
+Many maroons took up fighting the colonial powers, such as [[François Mackandal]], [[Jean-François]], [[Boukman]] and [[Romaine-la-Prophetesse]] The maroon [[Padrejean]] led one of the earliest recorded slave revolts in 1679. Marroons often settled in remote mountain regions, often living together with the remaining natives, the [[Taíno]].
 While the maroons in [[Saint-Domingue]] lived mainly of subsistence agriculture, they also carried out raids on the slave-holding colonial plantations and mounted defenses against the French colonial authorities to defend their freedom.

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 ==Escaped slaves==
-Many maroons took up fighting the colonial powers, such as [[François Mackandal]], [[Jean-François]] and [[Boukman]]. Marroons often settled in remote mountain regions, often living together with the remaining natives, the [[Taíno]].
+Many maroons took up fighting the colonial powers, such as [[François Mackandal]], [[Jean-François]] and [[Boukman]]. The maroon [[Padrejean]] led one of the earliest recorded slave revolts in 1679. Marroons often settled in remote mountain regions, often living together with the remaining natives, the [[Taíno]].
 While the maroons in [[Saint-Domingue]] lived mainly of subsistence agriculture, they also carried out raids on the slave-holding colonial plantations and mounted defenses against the French colonial authorities to defend their freedom.

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 ==Escaped slaves==
-[[image:esclaves_en_marronage.gif|right|thumb|340px|''Affiches Americaines'', Saint-Domingue<br>May 11, [[1791]] newspaper article mentioning four maroons]]A '''Maroon''' (from the Spanish word ''cimarrón'' - [[Kreyol]]: ''mawon'') refers to a runaway slave. Many maroons took up fighting the colonial powers, such as [[François Mackandal]], [[Jean-François]] and [[Boukman]]. Marroons often settled in remote mountain regions, often living together with the remaining natives, the [[Taíno]].
+Many maroons took up fighting the colonial powers, such as [[François Mackandal]], [[Jean-François]] and [[Boukman]]. Marroons often settled in remote mountain regions, often living together with the remaining natives, the [[Taíno]].
 While the maroons in [[Saint-Domingue]] lived mainly of subsistence agriculture, they also carried out raids on the slave-holding colonial plantations and mounted defenses against the French colonial authorities to defend their freedom.
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 ==Reference==
-* Mawon. (2005, October 1). ''Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia''. Retrieved 10:23, December 8, 2005 from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mawon&oldid=24515446.
+* Mawon. (2005, October 1). ''Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia''. Retrieved 10:23, December 8, 2005 [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mawon&oldid=24515446].
 ==External links==

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 While the maroons in [[Saint-Domingue]] lived mainly of subsistence agriculture, they also carried out raids on the slave-holding colonial plantations and mounted defenses against the French colonial authorities to defend their freedom.
-===Monument in Port-au-Prince===
+====Monument in Port-au-Prince====
 A well known [[Port-au-Prince]] statue the Nèg Mawon, by architect and sculptor [http://www.artshaitian.com/Pages/legrace.html Albert Mangones] was erected in honor of these women and men. This Statue stands adjacent to the Palais National in the Haitian capital.

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 ===Monument in Port-au-Prince===
 A well known [[Port-au-Prince]] statue the Nèg Mawon, by architect and sculptor [http://www.artshaitian.com/Pages/legrace.html Albert Mangones] was erected in honor of these women and men. This Statue stands adjacent to the Palais National in the Haitian capital.
 ==See also==
-* [[:Category:Maroons]]
+* [[:Category:Maroons]] - Maroons in the Who's Who section of the Louverture Project.
 ==Reference==
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 * [http://users.ju.edu/jgarrig/stdomingue.htm Capturing a Maroon Slave: A Moonlit Battle in the Hills of Saint-Domingue, 1781] - Written by Gaudin, Nippes [[Saint-Domingue]] translation: [http://users.ju.edu/jgarrig/ John Garrigus].
 * Nèg Mawon - [http://users.ju.edu/jgarrig/unknown_maroon.jpg Photo of the statue] - With the Palais National in the background.
 [[Category: Glossary]]

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−	[[image:esclaves_en_marronage.gif\|right\|thumb\|330px\|Saint-Domingue newspaper article mentioning ~~three~~ maroons]]A '''Maroon''' (from the Spanish word ''cimarrón'' - ''mawon'' in [[Kreyol]]) refers to a runaway slave. Many maroons took up fighting the colonial powers, such as [[François Mackandal]], [[Jean-François]] and [[Boukman]]. Marroons often settled in remote mountain regions, often living together with the remaining natives, the [[Taíno]].	+	[[image:esclaves_en_marronage.gif\|right\|thumb\|330px\|Saint-Domingue newspaper article mentioning four maroons]]A '''Maroon''' (from the Spanish word ''cimarrón'' - ''mawon'' in [[Kreyol]]) refers to a runaway slave. Many maroons took up fighting the colonial powers, such as [[François Mackandal]], [[Jean-François]] and [[Boukman]]. Marroons often settled in remote mountain regions, often living together with the remaining natives, the [[Taíno]].

	A well known [[Port-au-Prince]] statue the Nèg Mawon, by architect and sculptor [http://www.artshaitian.com/Pages/legrace.html Albert Mangones] was erected in honor of these women and men.		A well known [[Port-au-Prince]] statue the Nèg Mawon, by architect and sculptor [http://www.artshaitian.com/Pages/legrace.html Albert Mangones] was erected in honor of these women and men.