It’s a long thread but interesting. The term “maroon” comes from the Spanish meaning, “untamed.” It is not, as one might think, a reference to skin color. In my historic fiction manuscript, three characters run away to a maroon community in Cane Creek. This was a real place in the swamps west of Charleston.
Pattern and Outrage
cloth, justice, writing, and food
fascinating! Thank you, Dee.
So interesting. I learn.
And off subject…I notice the medicine bag he wears 🙂