ABSTRACT
Chapter 6 delves into interpersonal interactions between Maroons and Creeks on the one hand, and colonists and settlers on the other. It explores examples of hospitality and intermarriage and then examines how these experiences influenced the dispute resolution found in Jamaica and the United States. Following on from Chapter 5, it shows how violence was totally lacking (until the Second Maroon War) as a way to solve disagreements with Maroons. Conversely, violence was the predominant feature of disputes with the Creeks. However, it was not the bloodshed itself which contributed to the cycle of violence, but how that violence was punished. Creeks adhered to the blood revenge doctrine, which held the perpetrator, or a member of his family, responsible for a crime, whilst Americans retaliated by attacking any Creek for violence committed. This clash of world views meant that non-violent dispute resolution, as found in the Maroon case, was unlikely to occur in the Creek case.
