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Maroon Treaty

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   I.              That all hostilities shall cease on both sides forever.  National Library of Jamaica                               II.              That the said Captain  Cudjoe , the rest of his Captains, Adherents and Men, shall be  for ever  hereafter in a perfect State of Freedom and Liberty, excepting  thoe  who have been taken by them, or fled to them within the two Years last past, if such are willing to return to their said Masters and Owners, with full Pardon and Indemnity from their Masters and Owners for what is past. Provided always,  That  if they are not willing to return, they shall remain in Subjection to Captain to Captain  Cudjoe , and in Friendship wi...