DCHP-3

Maroon†

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

one of a number of Negroes brought to Nova Scotia during the building of Halifax in 1749.

Quotations

1796
The dogs had nothing to do with it; it was not, I apprehend, known to the Maroons that they were with us, for the Maroons had moved the day before we did.
1828
Some time after, three ships, with the rebellious Maroons of Jamaica, arrived at Halifax.
1955
Nova Scotia has the largest Negro community in Canada, and in Halifax the colored race has been prominent since the Maroons helped build the city in 1749.