San Domang - The Deadliest Form of Resistance

By the middle of the 17 hundreds, there was an estimated three thousand maroons living out in these communities. These guys would survive by a combination of living off the land, raiding nearby plan tions or trading with the spanish side of the island. Despite the efforts of the militias and the runaway slave police, they would never be eliminated. And completely eliminating the maroons wasn't even in the master's best interests. It was better for the truly rebellious slaves to find anes patch out the back door, then feeling trapped and then forced into violent resistance.