Runaway slave communities remained independent for nearly two centuries
Evidence
Around 1790 a Captain Latorre was trying to survey a road across the highlands from Cartagena into the interior when he came into contact with Negroids, many of whom were descendants of the palenqueros of San Basilio who had not accepted amnesty in 1612 or 1613. A number of bloody battles ensued before a settlement was reached… . All told, the palenqueros from the original settlement of San Basilio had remained completely independent for almost two centuries. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 1960
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
- XREF: Concrete evidence of sustained maroon independence that connects to the wider narrative of Black radical self-organization against enslavement.