where did the slaves of jamaica come from
Afro-Jamaican Based on the phoenix ship records, enslaved Africans mostly came from the Akan people (Twi [Ashanti Akyem, etc], Fante and Bono) followed by Igbo, Yoruba, Kongo, Fon people and Moko people. Akan (then called Coromantee) culture was the dominant African culture in Jamaica.[2]
Jamaican Maroons Today, the four official Maroon towns still in existence in Jamaica are Accompong Town, Moore Town, Charles Town and Scott's Hall. They hold lands allotted to them in the 1739-1740 treaties with the British.[55] These maroons still maintain their traditional celebrations and practices, some of which have West African origin. For example, the council of a Maroon settlement is called an Asofo,[56] from the Twi Akan word asafo (assembly, church, society).[57][58]