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2. William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester - Wikipedia

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   Parent (s) George Montagu, 4th Duke of Manchester. Elizabeth Dashwood. Colonel William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester (21 October 1771 – 18 March 1843), styled Viscount Mandeville until 1788, was a British peer, soldier, colonial administrator and politician. He was Governor of Jamaica from 1808 to 1827, and Manchester Parish was named after ...

3. Elopement - Wikipedia

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   Elopement is a marriage which is conducted in a sudden and secretive fashion, sometimes involving a hurried flight away from one's place of residence together with one's beloved with the intention of getting married without parental approval. An elopement is contrasted with an abduction (e.g., a bride kidnapping), in which either the bride or ...

4. Accompong - Wikipedia

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   Accompong (from the Akan name Acheampong) is a historical Maroon village located in the hills of St. Elizabeth Parish on the island of Jamaica. It is located in Cockpit Country, where Jamaican Maroons and Indigenous Taíno established a fortified stronghold in the hilly terrain in the 17th century. They defended it and maintained independence ...

5. History of Jamaica - Wikipedia

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   Jamaica portal. v. t. e. The Caribbean Island of Jamaicawas initially inhabited in approximately 600 AD or 650 AD by the Redware people, often associated with redwarepottery. [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 Columbusin 1494.[1]

6. Jamaican Maroons - Wikipedia

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   Coromantee, Jamaicans of African descent, Sierra Leone Creoles, Maroon people. Jamaican Maroons descend from Africans who freed themselves from slavery in the Colony of Jamaica and established communities of free black people in the island's mountainous interior, primarily in the eastern parishes. Africans who were enslaved during Spanish rule ...

7. Is eloping becoming more popular? 4 Florida cities rank in ...

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   Eloping is becoming more popular, but it’s also becoming more extravagant than just a trip to the courthouse or a 24-hour chapel. “Eloping has always been seen as a more relaxed and intimate ...

8. Goldeneye (estate) - Wikipedia

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   Goldeneye estate. Goldeneye is the original name of novelist Ian Fleming 's estate on Oracabessa Bay on the northern coastline of Jamaica. He bought 15 acres (6.1 ha) adjacent to the Golden Clouds estate in 1946 and built his home on the edge of a cliff overlooking a private beach. The three-bedroom structure was constructed from Fleming's ...

9. List of plantations in Jamaica - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of plantations and pens in Jamaica by county and parish including historic parishes that have since been merged with modern ones. Plantations produced crops, such as sugar cane and coffee, while livestock pens produced animals for labour on plantations and for consumption. Both industries used the forced labour of enslaved peoples.