Today 6 August marks 61 years of Independence for Jamaica, the island was first settled by settlers from Yucatan and then the Taino people before being belatedly ‘discovered’ by Christopher Columbus in 1494. The Tainos’ way of life was rudely interrupted in 1509 when Juan de Esquivel began 146 years of Spanish rule, introducing slavery […]
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Jamaica marks its 61st year of Independence
