Nanny, Queen Of The Maroons

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    This poem describes the Moses of the maroon people of Jamaica called "Queen Nanny" and their victories against the British colonists in Jamaica during slavery. The Maroon people were able to be the first people to be emancipated in the colonies. No where that slaves were made to serve in forced labor was there any emancipation except for the Maroons, that fought the British in ten Maroon wars and defeated them continuously. This culminated in the signing of the maroon treaty to end these wars in 1739 and total freedom for the Maroons, one hundred years before the signing emancipation declaration and the end of slavery.

    Nanny, Queen Of The Maroons

    Oh Portland! Oh Portland where my forefathers thrived,
    Where rivers meet with bustling waves, they fought and they survived,
    The homeland of our great Maroon warriors and fighting braves,
    Your valleys were shelter for their safety, its bushes and hidden caves.

    A son from your bowels spewed I traced my ancestral line,
    Your culture and your destiny are all wrapped up in mine,
    I want to tell your story and publish your name,
    And tell of brilliant Nanny our Queen, that has brought us fame.

    With warriors fought  red tunicked invaders time after time at wars,
    Defeating these soldiers in battle superiority by far,
    Nanny Queen, Great Chieftainess you fought relentlessly,
    Bringing freedom to our Maroon Nation and great liberty.

    She's Chieftainess and Queen that deserves our honored praise,
    Her brilliance and wisdom needed in those trying days,
    Raiding the plantations of those who held captive slaves,
    Compelling all the captors to the path of freedom paved.

    Maroons are great people with a proud history,
    They've never settled for, or accepted forced captivity,
    Not accepting lesser than total freedom deserved,
    Not believing that by captive of forced labor, must any human serve.

    So she was victorious in her fight to freedom,
    For the noble people of her time, the victories to come,
    Forcing colonial government, the Maroon freedom treaty signed,
    Self governing, a century before emancipation in 1739.


    By Poemeater 2010.

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