The story of the Jamaican people /

Sherlock, Philip Manderson, Sir.

The story of the Jamaican people / Philip Sherlock & Hazel Bennett. - Kingston, Jamaica : Princeton, N.J. : I. Randle Publishers ; M. Wiener Publishers, 1998. Kingston 206 Old Hope Rd., Kgn. 6 Ian Randle Publishers in collaboration with the Creative Production and Training Centre Ltd. 1998 - xiii, 434 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm xii, 434p. ill. 23 cm

"[Published] in collaboration with the Creative Production and Training Centre Ltd, Kingston, Jamaica." Includes bibliographical references and Index

Includes bibliographical references (pages 412-419) and indexes.

Honour the Ancestors -- On claiming our great heritage -- Africa, the original homeland -- From a colonial to a world perspective -- Asians colonise America and the Caribbean -- Europe: Explorer, coloniser and slave master -- Spanish Jamaica -- Two Jamaicas emerge -- Profits versus human rights -- Beginning of the African diaspora -- Atlantic slave trade -- African-American liberation wars, 1660-1739. African-Jamaican liberation wars, 1650-1800 -- Sugar estate: bastion of white power -- Pens, provision grounds and higglers -- Into a new age -- Challenge and response, 1760-1830 -- Primacy of freedom -- Rebellion and emancipation -- Home of their own -- Towards political liberty -- People betrayed and vindicated -- Robert Love points the way -- Marcus Mosiah Garvey, 1887-1940 -- Building a new society: people from India, China and the Middle East -- Day da light, oh -- Birth of a national consciousness -- Founders of the nation: Marcus Garvey, Alexander Bustamante, Norman Manley -- From a colony to nation: political progress and economic growth -- Culture and nationhood.

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