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    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...
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    This administrative structure for the Colony of Jamaica developed slowly. However, since 1 May 1867, Jamaica has been divided into the current fourteen...
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    location is the present-day island and nation of Jamaica. Around 650 AD, Jamaica was discovered by the people of the Ostionoid culture, who likely came from...
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    The Colony of Jamaica gained independence from the United Kingdom on 6 August 1962. In Jamaica, this date is celebrated as Independence Day, a national...
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    granted for the colony of Jamaica in 1661 under Royal Warrant. The original design was created by William Sancroft, then Archbishop of Canterbury. The...
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    Six vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Jamaica, after the island colony of Jamaica: HMS Jamaica (1710), a 14-gun sloop launched in 1710 and...
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    Treaty of Madrid. The Colony of Jamaica remained a British possession until independence in 1962. In 1654, Oliver Cromwell and his Council of State planned...
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  • Jamaican Maroons descend from Africans who freed themselves from slavery in the Colony of Jamaica and established communities of free black people in the...
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  • This is a list of wars and conflicts involving Jamaica....
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    formed during the period of British rule. The regiments were used extensively by the British to garrison the Colony of Jamaica and possessions in the West...
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    Donald J. Harris (category Recipients of the Order of Merit (Jamaica))
    worked extensively on analysis and policy regarding the economy of Jamaica. He served in Jamaica, at various times, as economic policy consultant to the government...
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    The Caribbean Island of Jamaica was initially inhabited in approximately 600 AD or 650 AD by the Redware people, often associated with redware pottery...
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  • Hamilton Brown (category Colony of Jamaica people)
    significant land holdings and agricultural interests in the British colony of Jamaica. He was a pen-keeper (cattle breeder) and was responsible for a large...
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    flag of the Colony of Jamaica, it has been the flag of the Cayman Islands since the territory was granted self-government that year. The design of the...
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  • people in Jamaica fell into two categories. Some secured their freedom officially, and lived within the slave communities of the Colony of Jamaica. Others...
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    British colony called British Honduras, and the Crown's representative was elevated to a lieutenant governor, subordinate to the governor of Jamaica. As the...
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  • the majority of his life in the British colony of Jamaica. Born in Tupholme, Lincolnshire, Thistlewood migrated to the western end of Jamaica where he worked...
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    Virgin Islands Montserrat Nevis Anguilla Island of Jamaica and its dependencies Island of Jamaica Settlement of Belize in British Honduras Mosquito Coast Bay...
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    This is a list of locations in which films of the James Bond series have been set and filmed (excepting Casino Royale, 1967, and Never Say Never Again...
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    it is one of the most senior public holidays celebrated in Jamaica. The Colony of Jamaica gained its independence from the United Kingdom on 6 August...
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  • The Spanish colony in Jamaica was never a very large or a very flourishing one. The reminders of this historical period are the names of places all over...
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  • Thomas Lecky (category Recipients of the Order of Merit (Jamaica))
    the Colony of Jamaica, where key positions were given to white people, such as Cousins. It was only when the British West Indian labour unrest of 1934-1939...
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  • May 1795, to a white merchant of the same name, who migrated to the Colony of Jamaica from Lincolnshire. His mother was of mixed race, being part East Indian...
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    as a British colony or as part of the West Indies Federation. The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Jamaican track and field...
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    House of Assembly was the legislature of the British colony of Jamaica. It held its first meeting on 20 January 1664 at Spanish Town. As a result of the...
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    George William Gordon (category Colony of Jamaica people)
    make Jamaica a Crown Colony, governing it directly for decades. In 1969, the Jamaican government proclaimed Gordon as a National Hero of Jamaica. George...
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    administered as a dependency of the Crown Colony of Jamaica. The islands continued to be governed as part of the Colony of Jamaica until 1962, when they became...
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    British West Indies (category Jamaica–United Kingdom relations)
    (1966) Jamaica (formerly Colony of Jamaica) (1962) Trinidad and Tobago (1962) Turks and Caicos Islands (British overseas territory) The origins of the British...
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    William Beckford (politician) (category Colony of Jamaica people)
    sugar plantations and hundreds of slaves he owned in the British colony of Jamaica. In Britain, Beckford was a supporter of the Whig party, including Prime...
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    Coromantee (category History of the Colony of Jamaica)
    name Coromantee, Kromantyn or Kromanti, in both Jamaica and Suriname, is derived from the Fanti town of their imprisonment known as Kormantse. The Fantes...
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