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Two monuments to historical figures were dedicated on 14 October 1999. The first of these honors Nanny of the Maroons, a female warrior of Asante descent who waged a guerrilla campaign against the British during the First Maroon War. Nanny's monument reproduces the sound of the abeng, a traditional instrument used by the fighters. [11]
Queen Nanny, Granny Nanny, or Nanny of the Maroons ONH (c. 1686 – c. 1760), was an early-18th-century freedom fighter and leader of the Jamaican Maroons. She led a community of formerly-enslaved escapees, the majority of them West African in descent, called the Windward Maroons, along with their children and families. [ 1 ]
The Monument to Rt. Excellent Marcus Garvey, National Heroes' Park; The Monument to Rt. Excellent Norman Manley, National Heroes' Park; The Monument to Rt. Excellent Sam Sharp, National Heroes' Park; The Monument to Rt. Excellent Nanny of the Maroons, National Heroes' Park; Monument to the Rt. Excellent Sam Sharpe, National Heroes' Park
By 1720, Nanny and Quao had organized and were leading the settlement of Windward Maroons; it was known as Nanny Town. Nanny Town was organized similarly to a typical Ashanti tribe in Africa. After the First Maroon War , a deed from the colonial government granted Nanny more than 500 acres (2.4 km 2 ) of land where the Maroons could live and ...
They resisted the European colonial system in this isolated region by establishing a network of trails, hiding places and settlements, which form the Nanny Town Heritage Route. The forests offered the Maroons everything they needed for their survival.
The community of Moore Town was founded by one of the Maroon Leaders, "sister" to Cudjoe, Nanny, and during the First Maroon War they lived in Nanny Town. [10] [12] Nanny refused to sign the Peace Treaty of 1740 between the British colonial government and the Windward Maroons, but acquiesced in the uneasy truce that followed. Nanny accepted a ...
The maroon leader Cudjoe parleying with the planter John Guthrie. Cudjoe, Codjoe or Captain Cudjoe (c. 1659 – 1744), [1] [2] sometimes spelled Cudjo [3] – corresponding to the Akan day name Kojo, Codjoe or Kwadwo – was a Maroon leader in Jamaica during the time of Nanny of the Maroons.
Cattawood Springs was a place of refuge for Queen Nanny and the Jamaican Maroons during the First Maroon War, especially when the militias captured Nanny Town.However, under Nanny's leadership, the Windward Maroons mounted attacks from Cotterwood, and recaptured Nanny Town on more than one occasion.