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During Jamaica's colonial era, the English capitalized on the island's mild weather and rich soil,
在牙買加殖民時期，英國人利用島上溫和的氣候和肥沃的土壤，
planting sugarcane, making Jamaica England's largest supplier.
種植甘蔗，使牙買加成為英格蘭最大的供應(yīng)商。
But the riches of the sugarcane came with a price.
但是甘蔗的豐富是有代價的。
Thousands of Africans were enslaved to work the sugar plantations, but not for long.
成千上萬的非洲人被奴役在甘蔗種植園工作，但時間并不長。
In fact one of the earliest slave revolts in New World took place here.
事實上，新大陸最早的一場奴隸起義就是在這里發(fā)生的。
The Maroons, as the rebels were called, rose up, destroyed plantations, freed other slaves and then fled to the mountains for safety.
這些被稱為“黑人”的人奮起反抗，摧毀了種植園，釋放了其他奴隸，然后逃到山區(qū)尋求安全。
The Maroons ambushed the British military from their mountain hideaways.
牙買加黑人從山下的藏身之處伏擊了英國軍隊。
Their leader was a fierce female warrior named Nanny, believed to possess supernatural powers.
他們的首領(lǐng)是一個兇猛的女戰(zhàn)士，名叫南妮，被認為擁有超自然的力量。
And after decades of trying to control the Maroons, the British finally granted them land and freedom.
經(jīng)過幾十年控制這些黑人的嘗試，英國人最終給了他們土地和自由。
Today they live in Jamaica's foothills.
今天他們住在牙買加的山麓。
As a communal society, they elect a colonel that presides over a tribal council.
作為一個集體社會，他們選舉了一個上校，由他掌管部落議會。
They are free people in Jamaica, you know, they have their own laws, their own governor, everything, anything happening in their village.
他們是牙買加的自由人，你們知道，他們有自己的法律，他們自己的州長，他們村里發(fā)生的一切。
They deal with it from there.
他們從那里開始處理。
But the Maroon way is slowly disappearing.
但是牙買加黑人的路正在慢慢消失。
Originally the Abeng horn was an alarm, a warning that enemy troops were coming up the mountains.
最初，阿朋角是一個警報，一個敵人的部隊正在上山的警告。
A direct link between Maroon customs and their African roots can be traced to a few small tribes in Ghana.
牙買加黑人風(fēng)俗與它們的非洲根源之間的直接聯(lián)系可以追溯到加納的幾個小部落。
In Ghana, in their shindy when they're having their ceremony, they put a lot of herbs on, on their body.
在加納，當他們舉行儀式的時候，他們穿著鮮艷的衣服，在身上放了很多藥草。
If you come to the Maroons in Jamaica, it is the same way.
如果你來到牙買加黑人中間，也是這樣。
For Jamaican Maroons, life continues to be based on the land and their fierce attachment to their hard-won independence.
對于牙買加黑人來說，生活仍然以土地和他們對來之不易的獨立的強烈依戀為基礎(chǔ)。
