descendants of the maroons can be found in four major communities
Maroon (people) The only Leeward Maroon settlement that retained formal autonomy on Jamaica after the Second Maroon War was Accompong, in Saint Elizabeth Parish, whose people had abided by their 1739 treaty with the British. A Windward Maroon community is also located at Charles Town, on Buff Bay River in Portland Parish. Another is at Moore Town (formerly Nanny Town), also in the parish of Portland. In 2005 the music of the Moore Town Maroons was declared by UNESCO as a 'Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.'[23] A fourth community is at Scotts Hall, also Portland Parish.[24] Accompong's autonomy was ratified by the government of Jamaica when the island gained independence in 1962.