Jamaica granted Cudjoe's Maroons 1,500 acres by treaty in 1739, then shipped them to Nova Scotia in 1796 and auctioned the land

On 1 March 1739 Cudjoe, leader of the Leeward Maroons, signed a treaty with the British colony of Jamaica. It ended the war, recognised the Maroons' freedom and, in Article III, granted them 1,500 acres between Trelawny Town and the Cockpits. In return they had to return escaped enslaved people, help suppress rebellions and build roads. The treaty named Accompong as Cudjoe's successor^†. Trelawny Town grew from 276 people in 1740 to 594 in 1788^†. In July 1795 war broke out after two Trelawny Town Maroons were flogged. Hunted with dogs brought from Cuba, they surrendered on 6 March 1796. Colonel Walpole had promised they would not be sent off the island; Governor Lord Balcarres found a loophole and reversed it^†. In June 1796 more than 500 Maroons were deported to Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 1800 Britain moved them to Sierra Leone. The Jamaica Assembly auctioned most of the 1,500 acres, and the town became a military barracks called Maroon Town. In 1831, 224 Maroons in Sierra Leone petitioned to come back; Jamaica agreed but would not pay their passage or buy them land^†. Families returned in 1840 and 1841, found the barracks on their old town, and settled there when it was abandoned. They named it Flagstaff. In 2011 Flagstaff Maroons travelled to Sierra Leone to meet the descendants of those who stayed.