Jamaican Maroons Fend off the British - In the Early 1700s, Queen Nanny and the Windward Maroons Used Guerilla Warfare to Defeat the British from the Mountains of Jamaica. In Doing so, They Avoided Further Enslavement and Forced the British to Capitulate. In 1939-40, the British Governor in Jamaica Gave the Maroons 2500 Acres and They Were Able to Live under Their Own Governance. - Celebrate Peoples' History