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Frederic Gomes Cassidy (October 10, 1907 – June 14, 2000) was a Jamaican-born linguist and lexicographer.He was a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and founder of the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE) where he was also the chief editor from 1962 until his death. [1]
White colonial physician R. C. Dallas, who wrote his account half a century after Cudjoe lived, claimed the Maroon leader was short and stout, with a "wildness in his manners". He also described Cudjoe as having "a very large lump of flesh upon his back, which was partly covered by the tattered remains of an old blue coat, of which the skirts ...
After recovering from his wounds, Clarke returned to Jamaica. He was granted a free passage, and the cost of his journey to England was reimbursed. [4] He was later active in the building trade. He was active in veterans affairs and was life president of the Jamaican branch of the Royal Air Forces Association. [3]
These people lived near the coast and extensively hunted turtles and fish. [1] Around 950 AD, the people of the Meillacan culture settled on both the coast and the interior of Jamaica, either absorbing the Redware culture or co-inhabiting the island with them. [1] The Taíno culture developed on Jamaica around 1200 AD. [1]
In 1509 the first Spanish settlement on the island was founded near St Ann's Bay and Santa Gloria. The settlement was named Sevilla la Nueva (or "New Seville"). The Spanish Empire began its official governance of Jamaica that year. [13] At this time, Columbus's son, Diego, instructed conquistador Juan de Esquivel to formally occupy Jamaica in ...
Enslaved Igbo women were paired with enslaved Coromantee men by slave owners so as to subdue the latter due to the belief that Igbo women were bound to their first-born sons' birthplace. [15] Archibald Monteith, whose birth name was Aniaso, was an enslaved Igbo man taken to Jamaica after being tricked by an African slave trader.
Sevilla la Nueva or New Seville was the first permanent European settlement in Jamaica, the first capital of Jamaica and the third capital established by Spain in the Americas It was founded in 1509 by Juan de Esquivel who arrived with 80 citizens and their families.
Henry Archibold (also Archbold, Archbould) (died November, 1669) was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the English Army who rose to prominence in the early stages of the English Colony of Jamaica. He was a captain in Major-General James Heane's regiment. [1]: 117 Following the invasion of Jamaica he was first posted to Rio Cobre valley.