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George Gordon on the Jamaican ten-dollar note. In the 20th-century aftermath of the labour rebellion of 1938, Gordon came to be seen as a precursor of Jamaican nationalism. The play George William Gordon (1938) by Roger Mais was about his life. In 1960 the Parliament of Jamaica moved into the new Gordon House, named for the politician. [22]
Paul Bogle (1822 – 24 October 1865) [2] was a Jamaican Baptist deacon and activist. He is a National Hero of Jamaica.He was a leader of the 1865 Morant Bay protesters, who marched for justice and fair treatment for all the people in Jamaica.
Hart was the author of several notable books on Caribbean history – including Towards Decolonisation: Political, Labour and Economic Developments in Jamaica 1939–1945 (1999), Slaves who Abolished Slavery (1980, 1985; reprinted 2002) and The Grenada Revolution: Setting the Record Straight (2005) – and he lectured on the subject at ...
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.
While Davy lived, he was one of the Maroon officers who reported to the white superintendent in Scott's Hall. However, when he died, sometime in the eighteenth century, the superintendent no longer saw the need to appoint a Maroon officer to succeed him, and the Scott's Hall Maroons reported directly to the superintendent for the rest of the century.
New Day is a 1949 book by Jamaican author V. S. Reid.It was Reid's first novel. New Day deals with the political history of Jamaica as told by a character named Campbell, who is a boy at the time of the Morant Bay Rebellion (in 1865) and an old man during its final chapters.
Alexander Bedward. Alexander Bedward (born 1848 in Saint Andrew Parish, north of Kingston, Jamaica - died 8 November 1930 [1]) was the founder of Bedwardism. [2] [3] He was one of the most successful preachers of Jamaican Revivalism.
He was president of the Jamaica Printers' and Allied Workers' Union, the Machado Employees' Union, and the General Hospital and Allied Workers' Union. [5] Glasspole was also, from 1939 to 1947, General Secretary of the Trades Union Advisory Council and, from 1947 to 1952, General Secretary of the Jamaican Trade Union Congress .