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Judah Mordechai Cohen (1768 – 8 September 1838) was a Dutch-born British merchant and planter with interests in Jamaica. Owning over 1255 slaves on his plantations, Cohen was one of the largest slave owners in both Jamaica and the British West Indies in general at the time of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833. He had been involved in trade in ...
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.
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]
Jamaica [a] is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi), it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola —of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean . [ 9 ]
In February 1978, HoSang and his wife bought a fast food store known as Kingsbridge Delight in the West Bronx, selling fried chicken, shrimp, ribs, and French fries. In 1980, Sunrise Bakery on Dyre Avenue, which was owned by another West Indian, became available. The HoSangs bought it in December 1980 with the intention of making it a full ...
Between 1958 and 1962, there was a short-lived federation between several English-speaking Caribbean countries, called the West Indies Federation. It included the Crown colonies that made up the British West Indies, including Barbados, Jamaica, Trindad and Tobago, the British Leeward Islands and the British Windward Islands.
Jamaica cricket team, Jamaica Tallawahs: End names: Blue Mountains End Headley Stand End: International information; First Test: 3–12 April 1930: West Indies v England: Last Test: 20–24 August 2021: West Indies v Pakistan: First ODI: 26 April 1984: West Indies v Australia: Last ODI: 16 January 2022: West Indies v Ireland: First T20I: 19 ...
John Gregory (1688 - 1764) was a Jamaican-born colonial administrator, slave-owner, and military official in the eighteenth century British colony of Jamaica who acted as Governor of Jamaica three times, served as Chief Justice of Jamaica twice, and served as the President of the Legislative Council of Jamaica, Chancellor, & Commander-In-Chief of the colony of Jamaica and the territories ...