Windward Maroons of Moore Town

 

 

 

 

 

Windward Maroon leader Colonel C.L.G. Harris posing in front of a copy of an 1803 print of Old Cudjoe Making Peace, Moore Town, Jamaica, 1991.
Photograph by Kenneth Bilby


"I would not change my Maroon heritage for occupancy of the White House nor the grandeur of the British throne."

— Colonel C.L.G. Harris, leader of the Windward Maroons, Moore Town, Jamaica, 1991

 

 

Leeward Maroons of Accompong

 

 

 

The sky-blue background of the Windward Maroon flag symbolizes "never change, never go away," while a dark green sliver represents Maroon land. A white abeng (side-blown horn) rests on a red rectangle, whose color stands for the blood shed in their fight for freedom.


"Whenever the abeng is blown in our village, it calls us to duty."

— Colonel M.L. Wright, leader of the Leeward Maroons, Accompong, Jamaica, 1992