Thieving Three-Fingered JackThe fugitive slave known as Three Fingered Jack terrorized colonial Jamaica from 1780 until vanquished by Maroons, self emancipated Afro Jamaicans bound by treaty to police the island for runaways and rebels. A thief and a killer, Jack was also a freedom fighter who sabotaged the colonial machine until his grisly death at its behest. Narratives about his exploits shed light on the problems of black rebellion and solutions administered by the colonial