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Lover of history

I am a lover of history and can never get enough. Each story told by various persons, gives a different insight. My being Jamaican born but raised in the U.S. (34 yrs. now), I am learning about the strength of my people and can now share with my "Jamerican" children. Please continue doing the good work

A.P. Smikle
USA
apsmikle@aol.com


Wonderful feature
Wonderful feature, I hope parents ensure that their children read it. I personally learned a lot. Continue the effort.

angela franklin
Jamaica W.I.
anglar13@aol.com


This is a brilliant site
I was born in Jamaica and have lived in the UK for nearly 30 years. This is a brilliant site. It is extremely educational. It is so very important for us to look back at our history and to see the journey we have made so far. It is a facinating history one that we should be very proud of. Keep up the good work.

Many thanks for the inspiration

Marvil A Scully-Mensah
England, UK
marvil.a.scully-mensah@jpmorganfleming.com


Interesting
So interesting.... Looking forward to more in the series.
It's so sad that this rich history will some day share the stage when this period of severe violence has passed, and, is finally written.

Dennis Gill
USA
Dcgill@mediaone.net


Refreshing and very educational
This historical account of Jamaica's past if refreshing and very educational. It would actually be a great idea to incorporate such history on a general Jamaica information web site. It would enable Jamaicans and children of Jamaicans as well as visitors and scholars to learn about our rich history.

HB Bailey
Jamaica W.I.
lbfwicket@home.com



Look forward each week to reading
Hi, I look forward each week to reading the history of Jamaica, and also finding other links, sure hope you will do it a lot longer than 6 months. When I visit Jamaica I always try and get to know people and how people really are. I also love to read about how it all came in to being. Thanks so much for sharing your history with me. Peace and Joy always to you and Jamaica, Out of manay ONE, if only the world over could be this way.

Bettie Randolph
USA
bet942@msn.com


Excellent idea
What an excellent idea. This has refreshed my knowledge of our history and culture and will provide well needed information for my child and all children of Jamaicans and others. Thank you so very much and I look forward to the other segments over the coming months.

Beth Powell-Jackson
Jamaica W.I.
bpjackson@gapac.com



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We're taking you for a stroll down memory lane for the next six months. Along this journey,we will relive several events which significantly impacted on the social, political and economic development of Jamaica. As we travel share your experience with us...

Complete List of Past Pieces
Current
Port Royal Earthquake
Port Royal Earthquake : I Was There
June 20, 1965: Martin Luther King Jr. visits Jamaica
Bog Walk Tube
For Your Listening Pleasure
The Road to Freedom
Birth of Independence
Hurricane of 1780
Tragedy at Kendal 1957
The Ward Theatre 1912
The Guarded City: Port Royal 1690
The Triumph of Will:1960s
The History of Our Parishes
Jamaica and the Great War
Jamaica's Grand Hotels
Celebrating Christmas Jamaica 'Style'
Disaster - The Earthquake of 1907
The Great Exhibition of 1891
The Mutiny On The Bounty & The Arrival of The First Breadfruit 1793
The Fall Of A Gentle Giant: The Collapse of Tom Cringle's Cotton Tree
Jamaica's Botanical Gardens
All Hail The State Visit Of Emperor Haile Selassie I
Jamaican Healer And War Heroine Mary Seacole
Mistresses Of The Sea: Female Pirates Mary Read and Anne Bonny
The Capital City: A Historic Look At Kingston
Riots Here: Send Help At Once
A Historic Portrait of the Town Where Jamaica's Tourism Began
Devon House -The first 500 years in Jamaica
Jamaican Coffee - A beverage of distinction
Jamaican Rum - A kill-devil of a drink
Jamaica Festival - What a Bam Bam
Captivated by Jamaica - Sir Hans Sloane's Passion for Jamaica
Captivated by Jamaica Pt II - Noel Coward, Errol Flynn and Ian Fleming
The Founding Of The BITU & The JLP
The Founding Of the People's National Party
Lewis Hutchinson: The Mad Master
A Pioneer, A Survivor: Dr. Cicely Williams

Henry Morgan: The Pirate King

Claude McKay: Jamaica's First Poet Laureate
Frazier versus Foreman on the Sunshine Island 1973
The Magical Spiderman: Anancy
The Case Of The Shark Papers
Katherine Dunham - Matriarch of Modern Dance
Money - The Roots of Jamaican Currency
Simon Bolivar: El Liberatador
Old Time Tellin's: A Closer Look At Jamaican Proverbs
Recollections of World War II
Place Names - A Window to Jamaica's History & Character: Wnat's In A Name?
The History Of Spanish Town
A Cultural Explication Of Empire: Lady Nugent's Journal
The History Of Falmouth: Boom Town Of The 19th Century
Dreamers Among Us - Famous Jamaican Scientists- Prof. Louis Grant 1913 - 1993 Part I
Dreamers Among Us - Famous Jamaican Scientists-Part II
Out Of Many Cultures: The People Who Came - The Jews In Jamaica
Out Of Many Cultures: The People Who Came - The Chinese
Out Of Many Cultures: The People Who Came - The Lebanese
Out Of Many Cultures: The People Who Came - The Indians
Out Of Many Cultures: The People Who Came - The Irish
Out Of Many Cultures: The People Who Came - The Africans
Out Of Many Cultures: The People Who Came - The Germans
Colourful Characters - Jamaican Birds
The Stamp Of History: The Jamaican Postal Service
The People Who Came - The English
Old-time Jamaican weddings
In this place dwelt Horatio Nelson
Printing in Jamaica
Museums in Jamaica
Gibraltar Camp: A Refuge From War
HISTORY OF AVIATION IN JAMAICA: PART I
HISTORY OF AVIATION IN JAMAICA: PART II
Roads & RESISTANCE
KINGSTON'S HISTORIC AND DIVERSE PLACES OF WORSHIP RELIGIOUS ICONS part 1
KINGSTON'S HISTORIC AND DIVERSE PLACES OF WORSHIP RELIGIOUS ICONS part 2
The history of the Salvation Army in Jamaica CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS
Somewhere beyond the sea
A fascination with football
Jamaican Horse racing History
A Time to Live...Jamaican Birth Rituals
A Time to Die Death rituals
Deadly superstitions

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