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Cudjoe
Cudjoe, or Captain Cudjoe (c. 1680 – 1744),〔Junius P. Rodriguez, ''The Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery'', Volume 1, 1997, "Cudjo" by Thomas W. Krise, p. 203.〕 sometimes spelled Cudjo - corresponding to the Akan day name Kojo or Kwadwo - was a Maroon leader in Jamaica during the time of Nanny of the Maroons. He has been described as "the greatest of the Maroon leaders."〔 〕
The Jamaican Maroons are descended from runaway slaves who established free communities in the mountains of Jamaica during the long era of slavery in the island. African slaves imported during the Spanish period may have provided the first runaways, apparently mixing with the Native American Taino or Arawak people that remained in the country. Some may have gained liberty when the English attacked Jamaica and took it in 1655, and subsequently. For about 52 years, until the 1737 peace treaty with the British rulers of the island - which is still in force - the Maroons stubbornly resisted conquest.
==Biographical information==
Cudjoe is believed (according to Maroon oral tradition) to have been the son of Quateng, a chief of the Akan people or Coromantee people from what is modern-day Ghana. Quateng was taken captive and sold into slavery in Spanish Jamaica in the 1640s but he initiated a revolt and led his tribesmen into the mountainous interior of the island, establishing the first community of Maroons,〔''Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery'', Volume 1, 1997, "Cudjo" by Thomas W. Krise, p. 203.〕 as the runaway slaves were called, after the Spanish word ''cimarron'', meaning "wild".
The two main Maroon groups in the 18th century were the Leeward and the Windward tribes, the former led by Cudjoe in Trelawny Town and the latter led by Queen Nanny (and later by Quao). Captain Cudjoe had endless energy and was greatly motivated to stay a free man. He was strong, courageous, and relentless. Cudjoe was also a very skillful, tactical field commander and a remarkable leader.
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