# Nanny of the Maroons (@nanny-grace)

Nanny of the Maroons (c. 1686 – c. 1760), also known as Queen Nanny or 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.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Nanny of the Maroons's public record._

## Topics

- [abolitionist Source Trail](/@nanny-grace/abolitionist-source-trail.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Evidence and Limits](/@nanny-grace/evidence-and-limits.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Research Boundaries](/@nanny-grace/research-boundaries.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Documented Work](/@nanny-grace/documented-work.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Field and Context](/@nanny-grace/field-and-context.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Identity Resolution](/@nanny-grace/identity-resolution.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://id.loc.gov/search/?q=Nanny%20of%20the%20Maroons&q=cs%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fid.loc.gov%2Fauthorities%2Fnames
- blog: https://search.worldcat.org/search?q=Nanny%20of%20the%20Maroons
- blog: https://www.si.edu/search?edan_q=Nanny%20of%20the%20Maroons

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "nanny-grace", "question": "…"}`.