What does maroonage mean?
Maroonage means The fact or state of being a maroon..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The fact or state of being a maroon..
Haiti came under French rule in 1677, but this did not diminish the “marronage”.
Between the years 1764 and 1793, for example, newspaper advertisements alone indicate some forty-eight thousand cases of Maroonage.
Outside the city, in the swamps, blacks and Indians lived in marronage.
Use maroonage when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Maroonage means The fact or state of being a maroon..
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Haiti came under French rule in 1677, but this did not diminish the “marronage”.
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