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Religious Perception in Colonial Jamaica and How it Affected the Maroon Communities There
Claybrook, Greer
Claybrook, Greer
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This Thesis examines important religious figures and rebellion in accordance to Afro-Jamaican religion and how these events influenced colonists and English perception and that perception’s ultimate effect on the Jamaican maroon communities. The first chapter focuses on the development of the relationship between Maroons and colonists through the Frist Maroon War as well as the importance of religion within the Maroons. Grandy Nanny is an important figure in this chapter for her religious power and important in the war. The second chapter analyses what caused the shift in colonists’ perception of Obeah from condescending to fearful. It does this by examining Tacky’s Rebellion, Three Fingered Jack, and increasing fears towards Obeah from colonists as well as the first introduction of Obeah to the literate British public and the differences between the British and Colonists. The final chapter concentrates on the Haitian Revolution and its effect on colonial governance as well as the connection to the spark that ignited the Second Maroon War. This chapter also addresses the lack of development in Obeah’s perception among metropolitan Britain in late 1790’s despite the destruction of the previous rebellions and wars. All of these events are affected by the perception of Afro-Jamaican religion and the fear that it developed amongst colonists. This fear along with pre-existing stigmas against black people resulted in a tense relationship between the Maroons and colonists that ultimately failed and resulted in the deportation of many Trelawny Town maroons.
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Thesis (B.A. in Arts in History, Minor in English Literature and Business Administration)--John Cabot University, Fall 2020.
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2020
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Claybrook, Greer. "Religious Perception in Colonial Jamaica and How it Affected the Maroon Communities There". BA Thesis, John Cabot University, Rome, Italy. 2020.