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The first wave of slaves were brought from Africa to Jamaica by the Spanish.
1655
The second wave of slaves were brought from Africa to Jamaica by the British.
1725 - 1739
1738
1795-1796
1796, July
1796, June
1796, October
The First Maroon War in Jamaica.
The Leeward Treaty, an agreement to allow the Maroons to remain free in Jamaica, was signed.
The Second Maroon War in Jamaica The Maroons set sail for Nova Scotia on the Dover, the Anne and the Mary. The Maroons arrived in Nova Scotia.
The majority of the Maroons moved from Halifax to Preston in order to work on land in that area owned by the Governor of Nova Scotia, John Wentworth.
