"LEONARD HOWELL" Howell organized what was known as the "Ethiopian Salvation Society" and quietly recruited a large following and by the year 1940 he was the chief leader of a #Cult commune deep in the hills of Saint Catherine overlooking the city of Kingston. In his continued effort to avoid the harassment of the police, Howell headed to the privacy of the hills and, like his Maroon ancestors, either purchased or capture a piece of the country near Sligoville "about twenty miles a from Kingston." The name of the commune was Pinnacle. Followers were estimated from five hundred to as many as sixteen hundred. The entrance was known only to member and can be reach only by foot, as great hazard. Life in the commune was strictly patterned after the Maroon communities of Jamaica. Howell served as chief "African Style," and was reported to have taken thirteen Wives for himself. For a living, they planted native cash crops, among them the famous Ganja "Marijuana" herb that has remained the center of the movement's ritual practice. #LeonardHowell #AshantiWarrior #War1896 #TallawahRoots #MLKD2K17 #OurBlackHistory (at Jamaica)
