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As a constituent province of the West Indies Federation, Jamaica became independent of the United Kingdom on 6 August 1962 under the Jamaica Independence Act 1962. Under the West Indies Act 1962, the monarchy of the United Kingdom was allowed to form governments for the former colonies of the West Indies Federation.
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 ...
Jamaican case law (1 C) H. Human rights in Jamaica (6 C, 4 P) J. Judiciary of Jamaica (1 C, 2 P) L. Law enforcement in Jamaica (4 C, 4 P) Jamaican lawyers (9 C, 2 P) R.
The House of Assembly was the legislature of the British colony of Jamaica. [1] It held its first meeting on 20 January 1664 at Spanish Town. [2] As a result of the Morant Bay rebellion, the Assembly voted to abolish self-governance in 1865. Jamaica then became a direct-ruled crown colony. Originally, there were twelve districts represented. [2]
Walter Augustus Feurtado (1839 – 23 November 1910) was a Jamaican accountant, freemason, genealogist, and author whose biographical guide to the Official and Other Personages of Jamaica, from 1655 to 1790. (Kingston, 1896) has become an important source of biographical information for Jamaica.
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The Handbook of Jamaica for 1922.. The Handbook of Jamaica was an official government handbook of Jamaica first published in 1881 and which continued until the 1950s.. The first edition was produced by Laurence R. Fyfe of the Colonial Secretary's Office and Augustus Constantine Sinclair, head of the Government Printing Office in Jamaica.