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Hidden Figures: Queen Nanny of the Maroons #BlackHERstoryMonth 8/28

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Channel: Sensei Aishitemasu · 2017 · Entertainment

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Queen Nanny of the Maroons was a freedom fighter who tirelessly worked to emancipate slaves of Jamaica. 

Although there are many stories of her birth and eventual passage to Jamaica, it is believed that she was born around 1685, possibly in Ghana, Nanny ended up in the Maroon territories of Jamaica in the early 1700s. Maroons were escaped slaves that created their own colonies in the treacherous mountains where they couldn't be tracked, and Nanny served as the architect of several successful attacks on slave plantations, freeing over an estimated thousand people. She trained her warriors to be smart and combative, often outmaneuvering and outfighting the British troops that had far more weapons and number of soldiers. She is believed to have been killed by the British in the 1730s.

Very little has been written about Queen Nanny of the Maroons, most of her legacy being passed down through oral tradition, and despite the fact that no one knows for sure what she looked like, an artists likeness of her is on the $500 Jamaican banknote. She is buried in Moore Town, Jamaica, where people still regularly visit her grave. She is also the only woman recognized by Jamaica as a National Hero.

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Links: 

'[UNSUNG SHEROES] Queen Nanny of the Maroons — Taking Freedom Back:'
http://www.ebony.com/black-history/queen-nanny-maroons-jamaica-ebonywhm#ixzz4Y7l6vZAM 

'Jamaican National Hero - Nanny of the Maroons:'
http://jis.gov.jm/heroes/nanny-of-the-maroons/

'Jamaica’s True Queen: Nanny of the Maroons:'
http://jamaicans.com/queennanny/

Queen Nanny of the Maroons (? - 1733):
http://www.blackpast.org/gah/queen-nanny-maroons-1733

Nanny Of The Maroons: Jamaica’s Warrior Queen:
https://www.africanglobe.net/featured/nanny-maroons-jamaicas-warrior-queen/

Nanny of the Maroons (Wikipedia):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanny_of_the_Maroons

Obeah (Wikipedia):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obeah

'The Jamaican Maroons:'
http://www.nlj.gov.jm/history-notes/The%20Maroons%20edited%20final.htm

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