Governor General, Sir Patrick Allen has officially declared 27 December as Sam Sharpe Day in commemoration of the National Hero, the Right Excellent Samuel Sharpe, who led the war for Emancipation. The request of the Cabinet and is in … [Read more...] about DECEMBER 27 PROCLAIMED SAM SHARPE DAY
History
11 OCTOBER 1865 – MORANT BAY REBELLION
Morant Bay Rebellion The Morant Bay rebellion began on 11 October 1865 with a protest march to the courthouse by hundreds of people led by preacher Paul Bogle in Morant Bay, Jamaica. Some were armed with sticks and stones. After seven men … [Read more...] about 11 OCTOBER 1865 – MORANT BAY REBELLION
BLESSED EARTH STRONG TO MARCUS GARVEY
Today August 17, in 1887 Marcus Mosiah Garvey was born in St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica. Largely self-taught, Garvey attended school in Jamaica until he was 14. After traveling in Central America and living in London from 1912 to 1914, he … [Read more...] about BLESSED EARTH STRONG TO MARCUS GARVEY
AUGUST 06 – JAMAICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS
Independence Day is a public holiday in Jamaica observed on August 6th. Jamaica was long inhabited by Arawak and Taino peoples, but the Spanish wiped out most of them within 50 years of making Jamaica a Spanish colony in the early … [Read more...] about AUGUST 06 – JAMAICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS
MAY 5, 1494 – COLUMBUS SETS FOOT IN JAMAICA
On May 5, 1494 the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, under the auspices of the Spanish Crown, set foot on the island of Jamaica. The event occurred on his second voyage to the West Indies. He had heard about Xaymaca, from the Cubans … [Read more...] about MAY 5, 1494 – COLUMBUS SETS FOOT IN JAMAICA