Accompong is a historical Maroon village located in the hills of St. Elizabeth Parish on the island of Jamaica. It is located in Cockpit Country, where Jamaican Maroons fortified a stronghold in the hilly terrain in the 17th century. They defended it and maintained independence from the Spanish and then later the British. After years of raiding and warfare, they established their autonomy, self-government and recognition as an Indigenous people by a peace treaty with the British in 1739. It granted the Maroons 1500 acres of land between their strongholds of Trelawny Town and Accompong in the Cockpits. Since Jamaica gained independence in 1962, it has recognized the political and cultural rights of Maroons. In the early 21st century, the government has acknowledged these rights in terms of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007), including the “right to maintain and strengthen their distinct political, legal, economic, social and cultural institutions.”