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The Caribbean Island of Jamaica was initially inhabited in approximately 600 AD or 650 AD by the Redware people, often associated with redware pottery. [1] [2] [3] By roughly 800 AD, a second wave of inhabitants occurred by the Arawak tribes, including the Tainos, prior to the arrival of Columbus in 1494. [1]
To date, seven historical figures have been officially designated as 'National Heroes' by the government of Jamaica. Pages in category "National Heroes of Jamaica" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Tyrone Marshall, Jamaican-born MLS and Jamaica national football team football player; Darren Mattocks, Jamaican-born MLS and Jamaica national football team football player; Mike McCallum, champion boxer; Merlene Ottey, Jamaican-born Slovenian sprinter, the world's most winning female athlete; Asafa Powell, sprinter, former 100m world record holder
In contrast to de Bolas, de Serras and his men stayed loyal to the Spanish, and refused to come to terms with the English. Based in the mountains of central Jamaica, de Serras and his Maroon warriors mounted a number of attacks on English settlements, burning plantations and houses, as well as killing English soldiers and settlers.
After 146 years of Spanish rule, a large group of British sailors and soldiers landed in the Kingston Harbour on 10 May 1655, during the Anglo-Spanish War. [4] The English, who had set their sights on Jamaica after a disastrous defeat in an earlier attempt to take the island of Hispaniola, marched toward Villa de la Vega, the administrative center of the island.
The maroon leader Cudjoe parleying with the planter John Guthrie. Cudjoe, Codjoe or Captain Cudjoe (c. 1659 – 1744), [1] [2] sometimes spelled Cudjo [3] – corresponding to the Akan day name Kojo, Codjoe or Kwadwo – was a Maroon leader in Jamaica during the time of Nanny of the Maroons.
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