Leonard Parkinson, Maroon Leader, Jamaica, 1796
Leonard Parkinson, a captain of Maroons, taken from the Life. Parkinson was the most obdurate and skillful of the young maroon captains. . . with his small band [he] held out for more than six months. This engraving, commissioned by Bryan Edwards . . . before the rebels were transported to Nova Scotia (Michael Craton, Testing the Chains [Cornell Univ. Press, 1982], p. 221).
Image Title
Leonard Parkinson, Maroon Leader, Jamaica, 1796
RegID
SI-OB-400
Date
1796
Title
Leonard Parkinson, Maroon Leader, Jamaica, 1796
Source
Jamaica Assembly, The proceedings of the Governor and Assembly in regard to the maroon negroes [with introductory account by Bryan Edwards] (London, 1796), facing title page. (Copy in Library Company of Philadelphia)
Language
English
Item sets
Physical Punishment, Rebellion, Running Away
Spatial Coverage
Caribbean--Jamaica
Reproduced In
Jamaica Assembly, The proceedings of the Governor and Assembly in regard to the maroon negroes [with introductory account by Bryan Edwards] (London, 1796), facing title page. (Copy in Library Company of Philadelphia)
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
LCP-23