28 August 1833 the "Slavery Abolition Act 1833" abolished slavery in parts of the British Empire. This Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom expanded the jurisdiction of the Slave Trade Act 1807 and made the purchase or ownership of … [Read more...] about SLAVERY ABOLITION ACT 1833
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03 JUNE 1977 – EXODUS IS RELEASED
Exodus is the ninth studio album by Bob Marley and The Wailers following 1976's following Rastaman Vibration. After the assassination attempt on Bob in December 1976, he left Jamaica for London where he recorded Exodus. Unlike … [Read more...] about 03 JUNE 1977 – EXODUS IS RELEASED
FEATURED ARTIST: EMMANUEL ANEBSA
Emmanuel Anebsa was born Steven Emmanuel Wilks and is a singer, songwriter and producer of English-Jamaican origin. He grew up in St Paul’s in Bristol in the 1970s and 1980s, the child of a Jamaican father and an English mother. His father … [Read more...] about FEATURED ARTIST: EMMANUEL ANEBSA
BLESSED EARTH STRONG TO SMILEY CULTURE
David Victor Emmanuel aka "Smiley Culture" was born on 10 Feb 1963 in south London to a Jamaican father and Guyanese mother. He garnered the nickname 'Smiley' at school for his method of chatting up girls at school – he would ask them for a … [Read more...] about BLESSED EARTH STRONG TO SMILEY CULTURE
01 AUG 1834 – JAMAICAN EMANCIPATION DAY
August 1, 1834 marked a special day for Africans in British colonies as it was the day they received freedom from slavery. In Jamaica, the Emancipation Declaration was read from the steps of the Old Kings House in Spanish Town, St … [Read more...] about 01 AUG 1834 – JAMAICAN EMANCIPATION DAY