Thread:Uskok/@comment-80.5.57.185-20130704154743

Hey Uskok, did you know that the word "Maroon" is actually an English version of cimarron? It means fugitive or runaway in Spanish. The term was used for escaped slaves in the Americas who often formed independant settlements of their own. By some interesting twist, (possibly with their conections to pirates) the term came to be known as leaving someone on an island as punishment. 