History of Jamaica |
Contents
CHAP PAGE Important Dates in the Islands History | 8 |
THE FIRST JAMAICANS | 9 |
THE DISCOVERY OF JAMAICA | 23 |
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African Ann's Bay appointed apprentices Arawaks arrival Assembly attack banana Barbados became Bogle Britain British West brought buccaneers cacique called Captain captured Caribbean century CHAPTER chief church coast colonists coloured Columbus Council crop Crown Colony Cuba cultivation D'Oyley died Domingue early emancipation England English estates Eyre Federal fighting fleet followed force French Gordon Governor Harbour Hispaniola House hurricane important island Jamaica Jamaica Assembly King Kingston Kingston Harbour labour land large number later laws Maroons Montego Bay Morant Bay Morant Bay Rebellion Morgan named Negro slaves parish Parliament peace period plantations planters political Port Antonio Port Royal Porto Bello prisoners raid result revolt sailed sent settlement settlers ships slave trade slavery soon Spain Spaniards Spanish Town sugar supplies surrender tion took Treaty Trelawny Town troops village West Indian West Indies