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Portmore began as a large area for schematic residential development in the late 1960s, [5] as the West Indies Home Contractors (WIHCON) organization built thousands of prototype housing units in an effort to alleviate the over-population of Kingston; the first was called Independence City. [5]
Free Village is the term used for Caribbean settlements, particularly in Jamaica, founded in the 1830s and 1840s with land for freedmen with independence of the control of plantation owners and other major estates.
The Destruction of Roehampton Estate in the parish of St. James's in January 1832 the property of J. Baillie Esq. Lithograph, Adolphe Duperly, Jamaica 1833. Roehampton [28] "Rose Hall" by James Hakewill, 1820–21. [23] Rose Hall [29] Running Gut [25] [30] Spring Vale Pen [31]
This is a list of plantation great houses in Jamaica.These houses were built in the 18th and 19th centuries when sugar cane made Jamaica the wealthiest colony in the West Indies. [1] Sugar plantations in the Caribbean were worked by enslaved African people [2] until the aboltion of slavery in 1833.
The historic Round Hill hotel and villa resort near Montego Bay in Hopewell, Hanover, Jamaica opened in 1952. It is located on a 100-acre (40 ha) peninsula and has entertained many celebrities and politicians including John F. Kennedy, Ralph Lauren, Paul Newman and Bob Hope.
In 2012, Tensing Pen was hit by the tremendous Hurricane Sandy that affected many islands in the Caribbean, including Jamaica . [ 8 ] Unlike most resorts who offer easy access to typical electronics such as TV, wi-fi, and telephones, Tensing Pen's cottages and bungalows do not include any phones or electronics normally found in a resort.
Jamaica [a] is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi), it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola —of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean . [ 9 ]
Jamaica cricket team, Jamaica Tallawahs: End names: Blue Mountains End Headley Stand End: International information; First Test: 3–12 April 1930: West Indies v England: Last Test: 20–24 August 2021: West Indies v Pakistan: First ODI: 26 April 1984: West Indies v Australia: Last ODI: 16 January 2022: West Indies v Ireland: First T20I: 19 ...