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After 146 years of Spanish rule, a large group of British sailors and soldiers landed in the Kingston Harbour on 10 May 1655, during the Anglo-Spanish War. [4] The English, who had set their sights on Jamaica after a disastrous defeat in an earlier attempt to take the island of Hispaniola, marched toward Villa de la Vega, the administrative center of the island.
Samuel Sharpe, or Sharp (1801 – 23 May 1832), [1] also known as Sam Sharpe, [2] was an enslaved Jamaican who was the leader of the widespread 1831–32 Baptist War slave rebellion (also known as the Christmas Rebellion) in Jamaica. He was proclaimed a National Hero of Jamaica on 31 March 1982 [3] and his image is on the $50 Jamaican banknote. [4]
In 1823, Hill joined the campaign by free coloureds in Jamaica for equal rights with white people in the island. [5]In 1813, free coloureds, under the leadership of John Campbell, had succeeded in getting restrictions removed on their ability to inherit property worth more than £2000, and their right to navigate their own vessels in Jamaican waters.
William Knibb, OM (7 September 1803 in Kettering – 15 November 1845) was an English Baptist minister and missionary to Jamaica.He is chiefly known today for his work to free enslaved Africans.
In 2013, the International Monetary Fund announced a $1 billion loan to help Jamaica meet large debt payments. The loan required the Jamaican government to institute a pay freeze amounting to a 20% real-terms cut in wages. Jamaica is one of the most indebted countries and spends around half of its annual federal budget on debt repayments. [152]
Nelson Mandela's African National Congress promised South Africans "A Better Life For All" when it swept to power in the country's first democratic election in 1994, marking the end of white ...
In a 1990 speech at the Oakland Coliseum, Mandela acknowledged the Campaign Against Apartheid -- one of the main campus organizations -- by name, thanking them for their solidarity and ...
In the end, it was a Scott's Hall Maroon, Lieutenant Davy the Maroon, who killed Tacky during a skirmish. The loss of Tacky's leadership essentially ended the initial rebellion. [40] In western Jamaica, Apongo led another slave rebellion, inspired by Tacky's Revolt, which lasted from April 1760 to October 1761.