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372 Index<br />

Belize (cont’d)<br />

colony of exile, reputation as, 345n7<br />

Berbice (Guyana), 23<br />

brutality, 24 –25<br />

ethnic conflicts, 80<br />

firearms, 209<br />

Michael (frequent deserter), 55–56<br />

relations with White soldiers, 82<br />

slave revolt (1763), 15, 16, 93; betrayal<br />

of, 266<br />

Bermuda: obstacles <strong>to</strong> desertion, 104<br />

betrayal of Maroons<br />

by comrades, 269, 285–89<br />

by enslaved persons, 266–72<br />

by leaders, 304–306, 312<br />

precautions aga<strong>in</strong>st, 225–29<br />

Black Caribs (St V<strong>in</strong>cent), 83–84, 272<br />

moved <strong>to</strong> Belize, 300<br />

war over l<strong>and</strong>, 299–300<br />

Black Rangers (Sur<strong>in</strong>ame), 116, 150, 267,<br />

310, 345n3<br />

Black Shots ( Jamaica), 149, 150, 267, 337n7<br />

Bluefields (Nicaragua), 110, 261<br />

Blue Mounta<strong>in</strong>s, 180<br />

Bolas, Juan de. See Juan de Bolas Maroons<br />

Boni, 116, 176; despotism of, 213–16<br />

bounties, 154–60; ord<strong>in</strong>ary <strong>and</strong> special, 155<br />

bounty hunters, 149, 154<br />

gratui<strong>to</strong>us kill<strong>in</strong>g by, 156, 337n14<br />

ex-Maroons as, 291<br />

ex<strong>to</strong>rtion by, 160<br />

br<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />

ownership, sign of, 21–22<br />

punishment for desertion, 163; emblem<br />

of honour, 164<br />

Brazil<br />

assaults on White communities <strong>in</strong>,<br />

129–30, 133<br />

bush capta<strong>in</strong>s (capitães do ma<strong>to</strong>) <strong>in</strong>, 147,<br />

149<br />

celebration of Maroon heritage <strong>in</strong>, 3–4<br />

Maroon expeditions <strong>in</strong>: planters’ lack<br />

of support for, 147<br />

Maroon settlements <strong>in</strong>, 111; artisans <strong>in</strong>,<br />

256; boat production <strong>in</strong>, 255–56;<br />

defence system <strong>in</strong>, 188–89; ethnic<br />

composition of, 79; government <strong>in</strong>,<br />

221; pejorative description of, 37;<br />

physical description of, 176–79; population<br />

estimates <strong>in</strong>, 129; trade <strong>in</strong><br />

firewood, 261<br />

Mucajubá settlement, 178<br />

religion <strong>in</strong>, 230, 231–32<br />

revolts, <strong>in</strong>tentions of, 321<br />

<strong>to</strong>pographical features of, 181<br />

Trombetas settlement, 178–79, 338n4<br />

Urubu (Vulture) quilombo, 77, 321<br />

See also Palmares<br />

Brown, John, 106<br />

brutality, 23–28<br />

as deterrent <strong>to</strong> desertion, 161<br />

myth of, among Maroons, 216–18<br />

Burns, Anthony: cost of recaptur<strong>in</strong>g, 155<br />

“bush”, as symbol <strong>and</strong> threat, 36<br />

Carrion Crow Hill, 198<br />

castration, 163–65<br />

prohibition of, 338n22<br />

psychological aspects of, 165<br />

caves: Maroon hideouts, 191–92<br />

Cha<strong>to</strong>yer, Joseph (Chatawe), 3, 6, 300<br />

Cidade, Francisco, 139<br />

citizen militias, 145, 147–48<br />

Civil War (US), 107<br />

Cockpit Country, 179–80, 186, 198, 338n6<br />

Coff<strong>in</strong>, Levi, 106<br />

Colombia<br />

Cartagena: brutality, 25; ethnic conflicts,<br />

80; runaway communities near,<br />

114–15; ethnicity <strong>in</strong>, 78<br />

Chocó, 26; African/Indian alliances <strong>in</strong>,<br />

99 female deserters <strong>in</strong>, 68; smallscale<br />

desertion <strong>in</strong>, 66<br />

Matudere settlement, 114, 137; abduction<br />

of White women by, 71–72;<br />

destruction of, 194; ethnic composi-

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