<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Related ethnic groups </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Coromantee, Jamaicans of African descent, Maroon people </Td> </Tr> <P> The Jamaican Maroons are descendants of maroons, Africans who escaped from slavery on the island of Jamaica and established free communities in the mountainous interior, primarily in the eastern parishes . African slaves imported during the Spanish period likely were the first to develop such refugee communities . </P> <P> The English expanded the importation of slaves to support their extensive development of sugar cane plantations . Africans in Jamaica continually fought and revolted, with many who escaped becoming Maroon . The revolts had the effect of disrupting the sugar economy in Jamaica and making it less profitable . The revolts simmered down only after the British government promised to free the slaves if they stopped revolting; it abolished slavery in 1834 . </P>

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