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Coromantee
Coromantee (derived from the name of the Ghanaian slave fort of Fort Kormantine in Koromanti, Ghana.〔Crooks, John Joseph (1973), ''Records Relating to the Gold Coast Settlements from 1750 to 1874'' (London: Taylor & Francis), p. 62. ISBN 978-0-7146-1647-6〕
), also called Coromantins, Coromanti or Kormantine was the English name originally given to Ashanti slaves in Jamaica, but became synonymous for all Akan groups from the Gold Coast or modern-day Ghana. The term Coromantee is now considered archaic as it simply refers to Akan people, and was primarily used in the Caribbean.
Coromantins actually came from several Akan ethnic groups and were sent to separate European colonies in the Caribbean based on their alliance with Europeans back in the Gold Coast – Ashanti being opposed the Fanti and the British were shipped to Jamaica and Barbados; the Fanti, being opposed to the Asante and the Dutch were sent to the Guianas, etc. as war and kidnapped captives, respectively.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Search the Voyages Database )〕 Owing to their militaristic background and common Akan language, Coromantins organized dozens of slave rebellions in Jamaica and elsewhere in the Caribbean. Their fierce, rebellious nature became so notorious among white plantation owners in the 18th century that an Act was proposed to ban the importation of people from the Gold Coast despite their reputation as strong workers.
The Ashanti had the single largest African cultural influence on Jamaica, including Jamaican Maroons whose culture and language was seen as a derivation of Asante-Twi.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Patois prophets leading us astray )〕 Names of some notable Coromantee leaders such as Cudjoe, Quamin, Cuffy, and Quamina correspond to Akan day names Kojo, Kwame, Kofi, and Kwamina, respectively. A large amount of the slave population also had Akan day names, as the name "Quashee" (a distortion of "Kwasi") was the British planters' way of implying the Ashanti majority. The word became the Jamaican British term to mean "black person or slave",〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Quashee )〕 likewise, the white individual was called "obroni" ((トウィ語:white person)) by the slave populace. The term is still used and is considered a slur.
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