Cimarron

Japanese: シマロン

Black fugitive slaves in the New World colonies. In English, they are called maroons. Cimarrons appeared soon after the conquest of the Indies, but became active with the expansion of the Atlantic slave trade in the 17th century. Their centers were the Caribbean, where slave labor was concentrated on plantations, the coastal areas of Colombia, Venezuela, and Central America, and the coastal areas and tropical interior of Brazil. Cimarrons who were taken back were severely punished, but there were also cases where their societies (palenques, quilombos), which were formed in tropical jungles, continued until the abolition of slavery.

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Japanese:

新大陸植民地における黒人逃亡奴隷。英語ではマルーンmaroon。シマロンはインディアスの征服直後から発生したが，17世紀の大西洋奴隷貿易の拡大とともに活発化した。中心はプランテーションへ奴隷労働力が集中的に導入されたカリブ海地域，コロンビア，ベネズエラ，中米の海岸地帯およびブラジルの海岸地帯と熱帯内陸部。連れ戻されたシマロンは厳罰に処せられたが，熱帯密林地帯に形成された彼らの社会（パレンケ，キロンボ）が奴隷制廃止まで続いた例もある。

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