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
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JAMAICA WINS ICE HOCKEY TOURNAMENT DEBUT
Jamaica played and won in their first international ice-hockey tournament at the Florida Panthers IceDen in Coral Springs, Florida. Jamaica’s men ice-hockey team were convincing winners defeating Colombia 5 – 0 in their first … [Read more...] about JAMAICA WINS ICE HOCKEY TOURNAMENT DEBUT
NORTH AMERICAN SLAVE TRADE 400 YEARS
In August 1619, an English ship landed on the shores of Virginia with some 20 African captives aboard. Four hundred years later, the date is being commemorated as the beginning of the age of slavery in North America. A plaque … [Read more...] about NORTH AMERICAN SLAVE TRADE 400 YEARS