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It Could Happen Here Weekly 55

It Could Happen Here

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The First Maroon War Between the Trilowne and the Kampungs

After the enslaved Africans and Creole escaped the plantations and squatted Crown Land, they waged successful guerrilla warfare against the British colonists. A kampung town on the other hand did not really get any legal recognition until a land grant was given to them to some 2559 acres around 1758. After this second maroon war, the Trilowne maroons ended up being deported to Nova Scotia. So for those a bit familiar with Canadian history, the maroons are moved to and resettled in Canada.

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