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cquilt-19307	McFarlane, Chantal	Maroon Societies: A Political Perspective	2013	8	.pdf	application/pdf	2772	146	51	7 Alvin Thompson, Flight to Freedom, 211 CARIBBEAN QUILT | 2012 86 significance, which is that the very formation and survival of emerging Maroon societies was contingent on a particular political organization that embraced collective solidarity and defence.8 Barbara Kopytoff argues that the period of political formation before the first treaty between the Maroons and the Jamaican government may be viewed as the only point when the political institutions of Maroon societies were outside the influence of colonial rule.9 This period had the chiefs much more involved in maintaining order within the community. This essay will argue that Maroon societies acted as an entity of defiance against slave communities, even though intricate organizational structures had an atypical symbiotic relationship with them.	cache/cquilt-19307.pdf	txt/cquilt-19307.txt