The British colonial government, unable to defeat the Maroons—communities of formerly enslaved Africans who had escaped and formed independent settlements in Jamaica—was forced to sign a peace treaty. The treaty granted the Maroons autonomy and land in exchange for peace and the return of future runaway slaves. This marked a rare instance of a colonial power formally recognizing the rights and sovereignty of formerly enslaved people.
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