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2 unusual facts about Jeremy II


Jeremy II

Little is known about his reign, though he tightened relations with Great Britain through the colony of Jamaica.

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On 25 June 1720, Nicholas Lawes, the governor of Jamaica signed a formal agreement with a Miskito king named Jeremy to provide 50 men to track down Maroons (former enslaved Africans who had escaped bondage) in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica.



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