Answer:
1. There are four Maroon Settlements still active in Jamaica today. They are Accompong Town, Moore Town, Charles Town and Scott's Hall.
2. The most popular Maroon Town is the Toore Town, located in Eastern Jamaica.
3. Accompong Town was named after an early African Maroon leader.
4. Chief Cudjoe was given credit for defeating and killing the Madagascan leader of the Leeward Maroons.
5. Chief Cudjoe's birthday is January 6, 1690.
6. Moore Town is located in Portland, Jamaica.
7. Quarvo was a leader of one of the Maroon settlements.
8. The leader of Scotts Hall Maroon Town is Chief Pink.
9. The Maroon war horn is called the abeng. It was made from cow horn.
10. The original purpose of the Maroon war horn was to communicate messages among the Maroons.
11. The entrance to Scotts Hall Maroon village is hidden by a cave.
12. The Maroons refer to the Almighty God as Nyankipong (non-christian believers) and Accompong (the God of heaven) for the christian believers.
Explanation:
Maroon refers to runaway slaves, originally from West Africa, Ghana precisely. They settled in towns and villages which were mostly hidden behind caves in order to protect their identity from their slave masters.
It is the slave masters that gave these former slaves the name "Maroon," as a reference to their stubbornness and refusal to be treated as slaves.
Maroon settlements are located in present-day Jamaica.
