At a negotiation recorded on 6 January 1760, an unnamed Ndyuka spokesperson defended Maroon attacks on plantations. The surviving colonial record gives the date but not the speaker’s name. The exchange is a rare trace of Marron political argument in an archive otherwise dominated by colonial officials. It counters portrayals of plantation attacks as mere criminality: they were part of a struggle over freedom, security, and the terms on which peace could be made.
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Who defended Maroon attacks during a negotiation recorded on 6 January 1760?
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The record identifies the speaker as a Ndyuka spokesperson but does not give a name.