Jamaican Maroons in Nova Scotia National Historic Event

Halifax, Nova Scotia
Published 1796, Engraver: Abraham Raimbach; Reference: Nova Scotia Archives B. Edwards, The Proceedings of the Governor and Assembly of Jamaica, in Regard to the Maroon Negroes… to which is prefixed an Introductory Account… of the Maroons… (London, 1796) (© Nova Scotia Archives | Archives de la Nouvelle-Écosse)
Engraving of a Maroon Captain, 1796
(© Nova Scotia Archives | Archives de la Nouvelle-Écosse)
Address : Halifax, Nova Scotia

Recognition Statute: Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date: 2022-06-23

Other Name(s):
  • The Jamaican Maroons in Nova Scotia  (Designation Name)
Research Report Number: 2021-15

Importance: Community in exile in Nova Scotia from 1796 until 1800, influence still felt by African Nova Scotians