 A statue called the "Le Nègre Marron" or the "Nèg Mawon" is an iconic bronze bust that was erected in the heart of Port-au-Prince to commemorate the role of maroons in Haitian independence.Escaped enslaved people during the Spanish occupation of the island of Jamaica fled to the interior and joined the Taíno living there, forming refugee communities.Later, many of them gained freedom during the confusion surrounding the 1655 English Invasion of Jamaica.