Case file · Folklore / legend
Three-Fingered Jack
Jack Mansong, an escaped enslaved man known as Three-Fingered Jack, led a band in the hills of St Thomas in 1780–81 and was believed protected by powerful obeah.
1780 CE · 17.95, -76.45 · status: official
The account
Colonists said only someone with stronger magic could take him. He was killed in 1781 by Maroons, who claimed a reward. His story became a London stage play, 'Obi; or, Three-Finger'd Jack' (1800).