# Nanny of the Maroons

> Nanny of the Maroons ONH, also known as Queen Nanny and Granny Nanny, was a Jamaican revolutionary and leader of the Jamaican Maroons. She led a community of formerly-enslaved escapees, the majority of them West African in descent, called the Windward Maroons, along with their children and families. At the beginning of the 18th century, under the leadership of Nanny, the Windward Maroons fought a guerrilla war lasting many years against British authorities in the Colony of Jamaica, in what became known as the First Maroon War.

*Leader of Windward Maroons in Jamaica*

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## Identity
- **Born:** 1686
- **Died:** 1760
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 53.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 15.3 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 12.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 22.8 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 40.0 / 100

## Sources
- [马龙人的保姆](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A9%AC%E9%BE%99%E4%BA%BA%E7%9A%84%E4%BF%9D%E5%A7%86)
- [مربية المارون](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86)
- [Böyük Nənə](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B6y%C3%BCk_N%C9%99n%C9%99)
- [Nanny of the Maroons](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanny_of_the_Maroons)
- [Nanny of the Maroons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanny_of_the_Maroons)
- [Nanny de los Cimarrones](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanny_de_los_Cimarrones)
- [Nanny (Jamaïque)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanny_(Jama%C3%AFque))
- [रानी दाई (जमैका)](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88_(%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE))
- [Kwiin Nani a di Maruun](https://jam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwiin_Nani_a_di_Maruun)
- [グラニー・ナニー](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC)
- [Grandy Nanny](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandy_Nanny)
- [Nanny of the Maroons](https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanny_of_the_Maroons)
- [Queen Nanny of the Maroons](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Nanny_of_the_Maroons)
- [Nanny](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanny)
- [Nanny (upprorsledare)](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanny_(upprorsledare))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q274041)

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