St. John's Maroon Church is a Methodist church located in Maroon Town , it is one of the oldest churches in Freetown. The Jamaican Maroons were men, women and children, originating from the Gold Coast in Africa, who had surrendered at the end of the Second Maroon War in Jamaica . . They had been deported to Nova Scotia by the colonial authorities in 1796. They settled down in an area that became known as Maroon Town. The Maroons gradually gave up their African beliefs and converted to Christianity. . In 1820, they received a grant of land between Percival and Liverpool Street in Maroon Town. Uncomfortable worshiping in Nova Scotian chapels, a group led by Charles Shaw Harding built St. John's Maroon Church in 1822. It is a small white building surrounded by a low white wall. To Live is to travel #Live #Love #Laugh #Travel #landofmybirth #blacklivesmatter #history #heritages #africanheritage #thisissierraleone #sunday #church #sierraleone #krio #creole #slavery #slavecave #atlantic #atlanticocean #freetown #arountheworld #earthpix #archives #jamaica #methodist (at St. John's Maroon Church) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvGjICdFj00/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1k1cogf5m3xn2
