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Quao of the Maroons

Another of Nanny’s brothers, Quao came to Jamaica shortly before the destruction of Nanny

Town in 1734. Within a few years, he became the foremost military captain of the Maroons, next

to his sister. During the first Maroon War, he employed skillful war tactics, to include lookouts

and ambush attacks. Quao led his group to victory when he ambushed and defeated a band of

British soldiers in 1739.