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One of the leaders of the descendants of Jamaica's Afro-Indigenous people has apologized for helping enforce slavery centuries ago on the Caribbean
Toggle Sidebar March 2, 2021 [Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Daphne Ewing-Chow ( Forbes) features Chief Richard Currie, the youngest leader ever of Jamaica’s Accompong Maroons in Cockpit Country and the Leeward Maroons’ quest for sustainability and survival. “It’s a bold and ambitious journey that I am about to embark upon,” says Chief Richard Currie as he pauses pensively to take a sip of coffee. It has been less than 72-hours since his oath of office was taken as the youngest leader ever of Jamaica’s Accompong Maroons and the new colonel, ...