Nanny of the Maroons

Queen Nanny, also known as Granny Nanny or Nanny or Nanny of the Maroons, was an 18th-century leader of the Windward Maroons. According to Ian Bernard of BlackPast.org, “Nanny limited her attacks on plantations and European settlements and preferred instead to farm and trade peacefully with her neighbors. She did, however, make numerous successful raids to free slaves held on plantations, and it has been widely accepted that her efforts contributed to the escape of almost 1,000 slaves over her lifetime.”