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Charles Town, Jamaica
Charles Town is a Maroon community in the parish of Portland in north-eastern Jamaica, near the coastal town of Buff Bay. It was settled by Windward Maroons after the peace of 1739, and its people still maintain Maroon traditions, land rights and governance under an elected colonel.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Charles Town, Jamaica. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/charles-town-jamaica
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