islands and in the mountains of Jamaica, Hispaniola, Guadalupe, and Cuba were the only places that these Organized Maroon communities found any type of accomplishment. After a war raged on between British troops and Maroons for eight years a peace treaty was finally signed in March 1738, granting the Maroons 2,500 acres of land. Maroons were a sort of shelter for runaways that offered freedom from their white ?masters? and a life that was not extra luxurious but not that of a slave. Although Maroons constantly encountered attacks and wars, some surrendered but most either died or moved elsewhere to maintain freedom and their own ethnic identity. There?s one obvious, clear thing that separates? runaways from rebels stated clearly here, ?rebels had the sole purpose to destroy the plantation system and kill the whites? (Rogozinski 157). Although Maroons separated themselves from white culture they still occasionally took part in trade with the plantation owners, whereas runaways did not. Slave rebellions were a lot more common in the Caribbean then in the United States. It wasn?t until the late 1700?s where most slave rebellions were constructed. African rebels fought for racial equality and the hope of restoring some sense of the old traditional African society on the Caribbean islands that they occupied. Punishment and sometimes massacre were the end result when a rebellion was stopped. But like the many headed hydra, other rebellions would always develop up and take its place with an even stronger determination and with even more motivation in mind. The largest population of slaves was on the island of Saint Domingue, and it was just about double the size of Jamaica?s slave population. One of the most successful and well-known rebellions was the Haitian Revolution on Saint Domingue, which began in 1791. ?Free men of color where sent to Georgia to fight along side the colonial rebels thus gaining war time
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