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− | * Wikipedia: | + | * 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. |
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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]. | * [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] | * Nèg Mawon - [http://users.ju.edu/jgarrig/unknown_maroon.jpg Photo of the statue] |
Revision as of 03:40, 8 December 2005
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.
A well known Port-au-Prince statue the Nèg Mawon, by architect and sculptor Albert Mangones was erected in honor of these women and men.
See also
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.
External links
- Capturing a Maroon Slave: A Moonlit Battle in the Hills of Saint-Domingue, 1781 - Written by Gaudin, Nippes Saint-Domingue translation: John Garrigus.
- Nèg Mawon - Photo of the statue