All ten outline maps are of Jamaica and depict the changing borders of counties and parishes over time, from before 1655 to the present. The title and caption associated with each outline map are listed …

Jamaica’s culture, in the words of former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson, is ‘the linchpin that bonds us as a people and is vital to our quality of life’, and like that of any other …

Samuel Sharpe
1801-1832
Sam Sharpe was the main instigator of the 1831 Slave Rebellion which began on the Kensington Estate in Saint James which was largely instrumental in bringing about the abolition of slavery.
Sharpe, an educated town …

Rt. Excellent Nanny of the Maroons
Nanny of the Maroons stands out in history as the only female among Jamaica?s national heroes. She possessed that fierce fighting spirit generally associated with the courage of men. In …

Rt. Excellent George William Gordon
1820-1865
George William Gordon was a free colored land owner and an associate of Bogle. Born to a slave mother and a planter father who was attorney to several sugar estates in …

Rt. Excellent Norman Washington Manley
1893-1969
Norman Washington Manley founded the People?s National Party which later was tied to the Trade Union Congress and the N.W. U. Together with Bustamante, their efforts resulted in the New Constitution …

Rt. Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey
1887-1940
Marcus Mosiah Garvey stands out in history as one who was greatly committed to the concept of the Emancipation of minds. He sought the unification of all Blacks through the establishment …

Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante
1884-1977
Labour Leader, nationalist politician.
Born Alexander Clarke in the parish of Westmoreland, he took the name Bustamante from an Iberian sea captain who befriended him in his early life. After acquiring some …

Rt. Excellent Paul Bogle
1822 – 1865
Paul Bogle, it was believed, was born free about 1822. He was a Baptist deacon in Stony Gut, a few miles north of Morant Bay, and a voter at a …

Reggae is a music genre developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term is sometimes used in a broad sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, including ska, rocksteady and dub. The …