Three-Fingered Jack (Jamaican Outlaw Hero)
Three-Fingered Jack (Jack Mansong or Jack Mantong) was a legendary Jamaican outlaw and folk hero who terrorized the island in the late 18th century (c. A former slave from the western parish of Westmoreland, Jack escaped into the rugged Cockpit Country and formed a band of runaway slaves who robbed plantations, freed enslaved people, and resisted British colonial authority. His name derived from a distinctive physical feature -- he had only three fingers on one hand. Jack became a Robin Hood-like figure in Jamaican folklore, celebrated for his cunning, supernatural invulnerability, and defianc