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  2. Maroons - Wikipedia

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    As most of the plantations existed in the eastern part of the country, near the Commewijne River and Marowijne River, the Marronage (lit. ' running away ') took place along the river borders and sometimes across the borders of French Guiana. By 1740, the maroons had formed clans and felt strong enough to challenge the Dutch colonists, forcing ...

  3. Jamaican Maroons - Wikipedia

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    The word "maroon" is derived via French from the Spanish word cimarrón, meaning "wild" or "untamed". This word usually referred to runaways, castaways, or the shipwrecked; those marooned probably would never return. The origin of the Spanish word cimarrón is unknown. [10]

  4. Marriage - Wikipedia

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    Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses.It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and between them and their in-laws. [1]

  5. Slave rebellion and resistance in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Some slaves would escape only to come back a short time later to take a break from their labor and disrupt the means of production of the plantations, this practice is known as petit marronage. [42] During petit marronage, people could escape their oppressive overseers for a time.

  6. Mauritian Maroons - Wikipedia

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    In 2008, Le Morne Brabant, a peninsula at the extreme southwestern tip of Mauritius where Maroons established small communities in the 19th century, was listed as a UNESCO Heritage Site. [5]

  7. Great Dismal Swamp maroons - Wikipedia

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    In all likelihood, the words maroon and Seminole share the same etymology in the Spanish word cimarrón, meaning "wild" or "untamed". This word usually referred to self-liberated Africans who escaped enslavement and is ultimately derived from the word for " thicket " in Old Spanish .

  8. Consummation - Wikipedia

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    The relevance of consummation in a civil marriage varies by jurisdiction. For example, under section 12 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, a refusal or inability to consummate a marriage is a ground of annulment in England and Wales, [3] but this only applies to heterosexual marriage because Paragraph 4 of schedule 4 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 specifically excludes non ...

  9. Race and ethnicity in Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Marronage refers to slave resistance and escaping of slaves in Brazil around the mid 1880's but for many African descendants in Brazil this was a political statement displaying pride. there establishment of Quilombolas served as a decision to as live as free men agent under their post-colonial society.