During the French and british period, many slaves ran away from their masters and hid themselves in the deep forests, in caves and gorges.
These ran away slaves were known as maroon slaves. They often attacked and robbed farmers to get food. Sometimes they set fire to farms.
Macchabe, Mangalkhan and Diamamouve were well known maroon slaves. Some places in Mauritius still bear their names.
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