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Queen Nanny Of The Windward Maroons

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Queen Nanny of the Windward Maroons, has been overlooked by historians, who limited their focus to only the male figures in Maroons History. Due to her being overlooked factual information is unclear and her history was handed down thorough folklore. However, amongst the Maroons themselves, Queen Nanny also known as Obeah Woman Nanny and Granny Nanny, is held in the highest honor. Back in the 17th to 18th century, Nanny was a leader of the Rebellious group of black people called Maroons (people living on mountaintops) due to their style of living in the hilly mountain tops from the Ashanti Tribe of West Africa, now called Ghana. She led the war between the Winward Maroon’s and The British in the First Maroon War. Though, not originally from Jamaican, but brought to Jamaica during the time of slavery, she never received her freedom legally until a treaty was reached between the Maroons and the British. Nanny became, known for her organized plans to keep and free the Maroons along with other tribal African from slavery. This led to the freedom of also most 1000 slaves remaining free during the time of slavery in history. During the Era, women are seen as second-class citizens and slaves having no say but Granny Nanny’s leadership skills empowered her to break many barriers and create a name for herself as studied in Organization Leadership.

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