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Language . In Exile CARIBBEAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOHISTORY L. Antonio Curet, Series Editor Plate 1. Extract from the diary of George Ross for October 1, 1800 (manuscript in Fourah Bay College Library, Freetown, Sierra Leone). The Maroon leader, Montagu, puts their case to the governor: "Montagu answered to his speechThat the country they had left had been too cold for them.-That made they'd left it.- "They had come here not for sorry-but for good-they like King George & White man w[aysl-if them Settler dont like King George nor this Government-only let Maroon see them." [3.141.8.247] Project MUSE (2024-04-17 23:26 GMT) Language • In Exile Three Hundred Years ofJamaican Creole Barbara Lalla and Jean D'Costa The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa Copyright © 1990 The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380 All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America ∞ The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lalla, Barbara, 1949– Language in exile : three hundred years of Jamaican Creole / Barbara Lalla and Jean D’Costa. p. cm. Bibliography: p. Includes index. ISBN 0-8173-0447-9 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8173-5565-4 (pbk : alk. paper) 1. Creole dialects, English—Jamaica—History. 2. Creole dialects, English —Jamaica—Texts. I. D’Costa, Jean. II.Title. PM7874.J3L35 1990 427'.97292—dc19 88-34012 CIP To the memory of David DeCamp ...