![]() ![]() "We were abducted, and abduction is a crime by law. Watched by a large audience including British High Commissioner Jeremy Cresswell, who had earlier brought greetings on behalf of his country, Prehay likened the enslavement of Africans to the massive genocidal actions against Jews in the last century, noting that the Jews have been compensated. While there was much emphasis on preservation of the Cockpits in the face of moves to prospect for bauxite there, Maroon chiefs also took note of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade this year and called for "reparations" from the former slave holders. Similar sentiments came from Accompong chief Colonel Sidney Peddie, and the chiefs of the Windward Maroons, Colonel Wallace Sterling of the Moore Town Maroons in Portland, Colonel Frank Lumsden of Charles Town in Portland and Colonel Noel Prehay of Scotts Hall in St Mary. They also assertively called for reparations to Africans who have suffered from the effects of slavery for close to 500 years.Īccompong Maroon elder Melville Currie led the charge in defence of the Cockpit Country, insisting that the "the Cockpit Country is our country" and "we are prepared to live and fight for the Cockpit Country" so that "as our forefathers's children passed it unto us we want to pass it on to our children's children." Accompong Town, St Elizabeth - Maroons from across Jamaica came together in Accompong Town for the annual January 6 celebration on Saturday, insisting they would not allow bauxite mining or any other form of "environmental destruction" in the Cockpit Country. ![]()
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