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On 10 July 1835, Reverend James Phillippo, an English Baptist minister and anti-slavery activist stationed in Spanish Town, purchased 25 acres (10 ha) of land for £100 and established the first "free village" in the West Indies. [1] The land was subsequently divided into quarter-acre lots which the freed slaves could purchase for £3 each. [2]
2025 existing home sale counts year-over-year: 17.3%. 2025 existing home median sale price year-over-year: 7.7%. Editor’s note: Data was sourced from Realtor.com and is accurate as of Dec. 10, 2024.
The following is a list of the most populous settlements in Jamaica. Definitions Kingston, capital of Jamaica Montego Bay The following definitions have been used: City: Official city status on a settlement is only conferred by Act of Parliament. Only three areas have the designation; Kingston when first incorporated in 1802 reflecting its early importance over the then capital Spanish Town ...
Jamaica's three counties were established in 1758 to facilitate the holding of courts along the lines of the British county court system. [2] Middlesex, the middle of the three, was named after an English county of the same name. It was chosen in Jamaica presumably because of its central position. [2] Spanish Town was its county town. [2]
The West Indian Incumbered Estates Acts were Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of 1854, 1858, 1862, 1864, 1872, and 1886 that allowed creditors and other interested parties to apply for the sale of estates (plantations) in the British colonies in the West Indies despite legal encumbrances that would normally prevent such a sale.
Oracabessa is a small town in Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica 16 kilometres (10 mi) east of Ocho Rios.Its population is nearly 7,000. [1] Lit in the afternoons by an apricot light that may have inspired its Spanish name, Oracabeza, or "Golden Head," Oracabessa's commercial district consists of a covered produce market and a few shops and bars.
Illustration to A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica by James Hakewill. Williamsfield gets its name from the Williamsfield Estate which was a sugar plantation first established in the 1740s:
The Spanish West Indies, Spanish Caribbean or the Spanish Antilles ... Colony of Santiago—Jamaica was captured by England in 1655, confirmed in the Treaty of Madrid ...