Into Jamaica’s Maroon Country

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  08.25.09 | 10:59 AM ET

Photo by rappensuncle via Flickr (Creative Commons)

Matt Carroll recently ditched the resort and went looking for the descendants of the Maroons, the historic communities of escaped slaves that formed in the Jamaican interior and fought a running battle with the British for more than a century. His story is in the Guardian.

Tags: History Travel, Caribbean, Jamaica, News and Briefs

Eva Holland is the senior editor of World Hum. Her writing has also appeared in Reader's Digest Canada, NationalGeographic.com, the National Post, the Montreal Gazette, the Ottawa Citizen and WestJet's Up! Magazine, among other publications. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.


1 Comment for Into Jamaica’s Maroon Country

Pierre 08.26.09 | 1:54 PM ET

Its good to venture out of the resorts and discover other aspects of Jamaica’s unique and diverse culture.

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