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  2. Colony of Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    The Crown Colony of Jamaica and Dependencies was a British colony from 1655, when it was captured by the English Protectorate from the Spanish Empire. Jamaica became a British colony from 1707 and a Crown colony in 1866. The Colony was primarily used for sugarcane production, and experienced many slave rebellions over the course of British rule ...

  3. Saint Thomas in the Vale Parish, Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    A New & Accurate Map of the Island of Jamaica. Divided into its Principal Parishes. Emanuel Bowen, 1752. [1]Saint Thomas in the Vale Parish was one of the historic parishes of Jamaica created following colonisation of the island by the British.

  4. Cartography of Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    A Correct Map of Jamaica: 83: 1762: A Correct Map of the Island of Jamaica: John Gibson: 89: 1765: A New Map of the Island of Jamaica: Thomas Kitchin: 101: 1775: Jamaica: Thomas Jeffreys: 104: 1779: La Giammaica: Antonio Zatta: 105: 1780: Carte de l'Isle de la Jamaique: Rigobert Bonne: 131: 1794: A Map of the Island of Jamaica: Bryan Edwards ...

  5. Saint George Parish, Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    A New & Accurate Map of the Island of Jamaica. Divided into its Principal Parishes. Emanuel Bowen, 1752. [1] ( Saint George Parish top right) Saint George Parish was one of the historic parishes of Jamaica created following colonisation of the island by the British.

  6. History of Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    The island country joined the Commonwealth of Nations, an organisation of ex-British territories. [70] Jamaica continues to be a Commonwealth realm, with the British monarch as King of Jamaica and head of state. An extensive period of postwar growth transformed Jamaica into an increasingly industrial society. This pattern was accelerated with ...

  7. Saint Dorothy Parish, Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    A New & Accurate Map of the Island of Jamaica. Divided into its Principal Parishes. Emanuel Bowen, 1752. [1]Saint Dorothy Parish was one of the historic parishes of Jamaica created following colonisation of the island by the British.

  8. 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.

  9. British Jamaicans - Wikipedia

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    The Caribbean island nation of Jamaica was a British colony between 1655 and 1962. More than 300 years of British rule changed the face of the island considerably (having previously been under Spanish rule, which depopulated the indigenous Arawak and Taino communities [6]) – and 92.1% of Jamaicans are descended from sub-Saharan Africans who were brought over during the Atlantic slave trade. [6]