Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Accompong (from the Akan name Acheampong) is a historical maroon village located in the hills of St. Elizabeth Parish on the Island of Jamaica. Their autonomy as a self-governing community was established by a peace treaty with the British in 1739. Located in Cockpit Country, the local terrain enabled maroons and indigenous Taínos to establish a fortified stronghold that could protect them first against the Spanish and then later against the British who they successfully defeated during the First Maroon War. Accompong was named after an early Maroon leader.Accompong re-elected Ferron Williams, as Colonel, the traditional leader of the Maroon Council with whom he shares responsibility for the governance of the community."@en }
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- Accompong abstract "Accompong (from the Akan name Acheampong) is a historical maroon village located in the hills of St. Elizabeth Parish on the Island of Jamaica. Their autonomy as a self-governing community was established by a peace treaty with the British in 1739. Located in Cockpit Country, the local terrain enabled maroons and indigenous Taínos to establish a fortified stronghold that could protect them first against the Spanish and then later against the British who they successfully defeated during the First Maroon War. Accompong was named after an early Maroon leader.Accompong re-elected Ferron Williams, as Colonel, the traditional leader of the Maroon Council with whom he shares responsibility for the governance of the community.".