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  1. britannica.com

    4 days agoJamaica - Colonialism, Slavery, Independence: The following history of Jamaica focuses on events from the time of European contact. For treatments of the island in its regional context, see West Indies and history of Latin America. The first inhabitants of Jamaica probably came from islands to the east in two waves of migration. About 600 ce the culture known as the "Redware people ...
  2. ourhistory.org.uk

    Jamaica's rich and vibrant history has been shaped by the courage, determination, and resilience of its people. With a tapestry of diverse cultures and influences, this Caribbean island nation has evolved from the struggles of its indigenous peoples through the dark days of slavery to the eventual triumph of independence.
  3. cambridge.org

    Kenneth Morgan's history of Jamaica is a social, economic, political, and cultural assessment of the island's most important periods and themes over the past millennium. This includes the island's development before 1500, with detailed material on the Taino society; the two centuries of slavery and its aftermath between 1660 and 1860; the continuance of colonialism between 1860 and 1945; the ...
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    A CONCISE HISTORY OF JAMAICA Kenneth Morgan's history of Jamaica is a social, economic, political and cultural assessment of the island's most import-ant periods and themes over the past millennium. This includes the island's development before 1500, with detailed material on the Taino society; the two centuries of slavery and its aftermath between 1660 and 1860; the continuance of ...
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  1. History of Jamaica

    The Caribbean Island of Jamaica was initially inhabited in approximately 600 AD or 650 AD by the Redware people, often associated with redware pottery. By roughly 800 AD, a second wave of inhabitants occurred by the Arawak tribes, including the Tainos, prior to the arrival of Columbus in 1494. Early inhabitants of Jamaica named the land "Xaymaca", meaning "land of wood and water". The Spanish enslaved the Arawak, who were ravaged further by diseases that the Spanish brought with them. Early historians believe that by 1602, the Arawak-speaking Taino tribes were extinct. However, some of the Taino escaped into the forested mountains of the interior, where they mixed with runaway African slaves, and survived free from first Spanish, and then English, rule. The Spanish also captured and transported hundreds of West African people to the island for the purpose of slavery. However, the majority of Africans were brought into Jamaica by the English. Wikipedia

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