Chief Richard Currie, the new and youngest Chief ever of the Sovereign State of Accompong Maroons of Cockpit Country Jamaica, believes that a return to the land should be the primary means of ...

ACCOMPONG, Jamaica, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- The average Jamaican is more likely to visit London or New York than to penetrate the wild Cockpit Country, home of the untamed mountain Maroons.

The Jamaica Gazette, Vol XXIX, p 186 records the following information: By Act 2 Wm IV C 34: “Under this Act, all Maroon reserves were subdivided except the Accompong’s 1000 acres, which were ...

Accompong Town, Jamaica — HIGH above the serpentine valleys and vine-tangled trails of this mountainous refuge, runaway slaves could spot approaching bounty hunters and soldiers well in time to ...

ACCOMPONG, St Elizabeth -- Minister of Youth and Culture Lisa Hanna has committed to the " ... “2014 is a year of promise for the people of Jamaica and for … Accompong.

The Maroon nation of Accompong in the mountains of Cockpit country in Jamaica is an agriculturally based state with a population of approximately 1000 residents, approximately 600 of whom are ...

The gathering followed the triumphant 286th Maroon Accompong Festival, “Return to Accompong: Return To Your Roots,” hosted in Cockpit Country, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica.

Experience Jamaica's vibrant culture and rich history in Montego Bay, the Blue Mountains, Cockpit Country, and Accompong.

In 1835, two years after the abolition of slavery in Jamaica, there were reported sixty families of Maroons as residing at Accompong Town, eighty families at Moore Town, one hundred and ten ...