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This article discusses the Trelawny Maroons, who Lockett considers not only the vanguard in the fight against slavery in Jamaica but also one of the primary forces in the successful settlement of Sierra Leone. Originating mostly from West Africa, and mostly Ashanti, the Trelawny Maroons provoked a "stalemate" with British forces that Lockett characterizes as a win. The first treaty they participated in was after a fifteen-year war from 1725-1750, in which the British suffered many casualties. As a result, two treaties were signed: the first to provide a 1,500 acre, semi-autonomous land to the Trelawny, and the second that was never fully supported by the Trelawny to return enslaved Afro-Jamaicans back to their owners. The slavecatcher role was unpopular, which eventually provoked a second, much shorter war from 1795-1796. The Trelawny being as unpopular as they were among many Jamaicans, petitioned to leave Jamaica and settle in a different colony, which involved a three-year hiatus in Nova Scoita and finally emigration to Sierra Leone.