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1824 – Jamaica Journal and Kingston Chronicle newspaper begins publication. [13] 1825 – Jamaica Horticultural Society founded. [10] 1834 Slavery officially abolished per Slavery Abolition Act. Jamaica Gleaner newspaper begins publication. [14] [15] Mico College founded. [2] 1843 26 August: Fire. [11] Agricultural Society founded. [16]
The Baptist War, as it was known, became the largest slave uprising in the British West Indies, [46] lasting 10 days and mobilised as many as 60,000 of Jamaica's 300,000 slaves. [47] The rebellion was suppressed by colonial forces under the control of Sir Willoughby Cotton . [ 48 ]
Netherlands Antilles – In the 17th century, the islands were conquered by the Dutch West India Company and were used as military outposts and trade bases, most prominent the slave trade. [ 13 ] Guyana – The Dutch West India Company, which administered most of the colony from 1621 to 1792, granted early Dutch and then British settlers ...
The Baptist War, as it was known, became the largest slave uprising in the British West Indies, [83] lasting 10 days and mobilised as many as 60,000 of Jamaica's 300,000 slave population. [ 84 ] The rebellion was suppressed by British forces, under the control of Sir Willoughby Cotton , [ 85 ] but the death toll on both sides was high.
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.
Journal of Military History 63.4 (1999): 921. Dunn, Richard. Sugar and Slaves: The Rise of the Planter Class in the English West Indies, 1624–1713 1972. Eccles, Karen E. and Debbie McCollin, eds. World War II and the Caribbean (2017) excerpt; historiography covered in the introduction. Emmer, Pieter C., ed. General History of the Caribbean ...
The Taino referred to the island as "Xaymaca," but the Spanish gradually changed the name to "Jamaica." [12] In the so-called Admiral's map of 1507, the island was labeled as "Jamaiqua"; and in Peter Martyr's first tract from the Decades of the New World (published 1511—1521), he refers to it as both "Jamaica" and "Jamica."
This is a list of viceroys in Jamaica from its initial occupation by Spain in 1509, to its independence from the United Kingdom in 1962. For a list of viceroys after independence, see Governor-General of Jamaica. For context, see History of Jamaica.