Maroon Claims to Sovereignty in Jamaican Territory

This book is concerned with the Maroons of Accompong Town in Jamaica.  Especially within the last five years, these Maroons, who constitute in some measure a distinct cultural group living in the defined area of Accompong Town, have presented reinvigorated claims that they comprise, in law and in fact, an independent state within Jamaica.  Under the guidance of their energetic leader, Chief Richard Currie, they have claimed all the rights and duties of a sovereign state, maintaining th