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to the wliltc inhabitants ; and the articles of pacification were 

 therefore ratified with the Maron chiefs, who were colonel Cudjoe, 

 captains Accompong, Johnny, Cuffee, and Quaco. By thefe ar- 

 ticles it was iVipulatcd, that they and their adherents (except fuch 

 as had fled to them within tuo years preceding, and might be 

 willing to return to their owners npon grant of full pardon and 

 indemnity, but otherwife to remain in fubjedlion to Cudjoe) 

 fliould enjoy perpetual freedom : that they fhould poflefs in fee 

 fimple one thoufand five hunditd acres of land nearTrehuvny-Town, 

 in the parifli of St. James ; have liberty to plant coffee, cacao, 

 ginger, tobacco, and cotton ; and breed cattle, hogs, goats, and 

 any other flock, and to difpofe of the fame; with liberty of hunt- 

 ing any where within three miles of any fettlement [?/]. 



That they, and their fucceffors, fliould ufe their beil endeavours 

 to take, kill, fupprefs, and deftroy, all rebels throughout the 

 ifland, unlefs they (hould fubmit to the like terms of accommo- 

 dation [o]. That they Hiould repair at all times, purfuant to the 

 governor's order, to repel any foreign invafion : that, if any white 

 perfon fhould do them injury, they (hould apply to a magiilrate for 

 redrefs; and in cafe any Maron fhould injure a white perfon, the 

 oifender fliould be delivered up to juftice: that Cudjoe, and his 

 fuccefl'ors in command, fhould wait on the governor once a year, 

 if required : that he and his fucceflbrs fliould have full power to 

 punifh crimes committed among thcmfelves by their own men, 

 punifliment of death only excepted ; and tliat, in capital cafes, the 

 offenders fliould be brought before a juftice of peace, in order to 

 be proceeded againfl:, and tried like other free Negroes: that tu'o 

 white men fhould conflantly refide with Cudjoe and his fucceflbrs, 

 to keep up friendly correfpondence. The command of Trelawny 

 Town was limited to Cudjoe during life; and, after his deceafe, to 

 Accompong, Johnny, Cufiee, and Quaco ; and, in remainder, 

 to fuch perfun as tlic governor for the time being may think fit to 



[a] One thoufand acres have Ukewifc been alTigned to Accompong's Town, in St. Elizabeth's ; 

 and due proportions to the other towns ; fccurcd to tlitir vcfpcftive Ncgroe inhabitants in j)er- 

 jietuity; and a penalty ot 500/. ordained againll any pcrl'on convicted ot" dilliirbing their pof- 

 fcffion. 



[ff] This alludes to captain Quae, of the w indward party, who did not come iu till the fol» 

 lowins' year. 



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