Talk:Cimarron people (Panama)
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A large part of this article is unfounded point of view. Drake's occasional alliance with a cimarron group was the exception rather than the rule. For the most part the English pirates and other raiders that sought to utilize the cimarrones in the endeavours against Spanish dominions quickly managed to alienate them.
The English were by far the most actively involved in the infamous "triangular trade" between Europe, Africa and America, of which slavery was the main pillar. So it is difficult to understand how the English could be remotely percieved as "liberators" by the Africans slaves. Paradoxically, even in times of war between England and Spain, the highly coveted "asiento", or monopoly in the supply of slaves to Spain and its colonies was for the most part granted to the English.
