St. John's Maroon Church
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St. John's Maroon Church is a Methodist church located in Maroon Town, a district of Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. It is one of the oldest churches in the country.
The Jamaican Maroons were men, women and children, originating from Jamaica who had surrendered at the end of the Second Maroon War. They had been deported to Nova Scotia by the colonial authorities in 1796. They were then transported to Freetown in 1800, where their opportune arrival and assistance enabled the authorities put down a rebellion by some of the Nova Scotian Settlers, the founders of Freetown. They settled in an area that became known as Maroon Town.
The Maroons gradually gave up their African beliefs and converted to Christianity. In 1820, they received a grant of land between Percival and Liverpool Street in Maroon Town. Uncomfortable worshiping in Nova Scotian chapels, a group led by Charles Shaw built St. John's Maroon Church in 1822. It is a small white building surrounded by a low white wall.
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