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Maroon † Hist. 
n. one of a number of Negroes brought to Nova Scotia during the building of Halifax in 1749.
- 1796 (1895) The dogs had nothing to do with it; it was not, I apprehend, known to the Maroons that they were with us, for the Maroons had moved the day before we did.
- 1828 (1832) Some time after, three ships, with the rebellious Maroons of Jamaica, arrived at Halifax.
- 1955 Nova Scotia has the largest Negro community in Canada, and in Halifax the colored race has been prominent since the Maroons helped build the city in 1749.
- 1796 (1895) The dogs had nothing to do with it; it was not, I apprehend, known to the Maroons that they were with us, for the Maroons had moved the day before we did.