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Moore Town

Moore Town is the main Windward Maroon community of Jamaica, in the Rio Grande valley of the parish of Portland, below the Blue Mountains. It succeeded Nanny Town, the stronghold of the Maroon leader Nanny, and holds her grave. Its people keep the Kromanti language, songs and drumming, recognised by UNESCO as part of the intangible heritage of humanity.

Moore Town — Image: Diego Tirira from Quito, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Jamaican Maroons

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Moore Town. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/moore-town
MLA: “Moore Town.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/moore-town. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Moore Town.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/moore-town.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Moore Town’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/moore-town (Accessed: ).

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