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Marooned in Nova Scotia
A story of the Jamaican Maroons in Canada
by Anouska Kock
Jamaican born author Horane Smith has written a novel on the experiences of the Jamaican Maroons who were deported to Canada in 1796. The book, entitled Marooned in Nova Scotia, chronicles how more than five-hundred Maroons from Trelawny Town were shipped to Nova Scotia in 1796 by the Governor of Jamaica, the Earl of Balcarres. The story tells of the surrender of the Maroons to the British militia in Jamaica, their subsequent deportation and ultimate settlement in the city of Halifax.
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