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Marron leaders

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Marron leaders

Gender: Male

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Governor Crommelin warns that only peace can save the colony

đź“… 14 February 1754

In a letter dated 14 February 1754, Governor Wigbold Crommelin acknowledged that colonial forces could not defeat the Maroons and argued that peace was necessary to prevent the colony’s collapse....