| 7 Sèptèmber 2026 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Jamaica files a petition seeking legal examination of chattel slavery
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| 18 Mart 2014 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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CARICOM accepts a ten-point reparatory justice programme
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| 17 Sèptèmber 2013 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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CARICOM constitutes a regional Reparations Commission
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| 22 Yanüari 2009 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Cabinet approves a National Commission on Reparations
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| 1 Ougùstùs 1997 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Emancipation Day returns as a national public holiday
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| 20 Òktober 1969 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Jamaica first observes National Heroes Day
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| 6 Ougùstùs 1962 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Jamaica becomes independent
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| 19 Sèptèmber 1961 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Voters reject continued membership in the West Indies Federation
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| 14 Desèmber 1944 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Jamaicans vote in the first election under universal adult suffrage
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| 20 Novèmber 1944 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Universal adult suffrage takes effect under Jamaica’s new constitution
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| 8 Yüli 1943 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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The Jamaica Labour Party is launched
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| 18 Sèptèmber 1938 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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The People’s National Party is launched
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| 26 Mei 1938 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Spanish Town protests extend the labor crisis
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| 23 Mei 1938 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Strikes and police gunfire shake Kingston
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| 2 Mei 1938 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Police fire on strikers at Old Frome
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| 29 April 1938 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Frome workers challenge wages during factory construction
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| 19 Mei 1884 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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A limited elected element returns to Jamaica’s Legislative Council
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| 28 Novèmber 1867 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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A new Jamaica Constabulary Force takes shape after Morant Bay
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| 18 Yüni 1866 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Colonial Secretary Cardwell condemns aspects of the Morant Bay repression
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| 11 Yüni 1866 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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An Order in Council establishes Jamaica’s Crown Colony constitution
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| 9 April 1866 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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The Royal Commission reports excessive punishment and insufficient proof against Gordon
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| 23 Mart 1866 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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The Jamaica Act authorizes constitutional change under imperial authority
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| 23 Yanüari 1866 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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The Royal Commission begins investigating Morant Bay and its suppression
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| 13 Novèmber 1865 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Martial law ends after the Morant Bay crackdown
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| 24 Òktober 1865 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Colonial authorities execute Paul Bogle
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| 23 Òktober 1865 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Colonial authorities execute George William Gordon
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| 21 Òktober 1865 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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George William Gordon is sentenced to death by court-martial
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| 13 Òktober 1865 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Governor Eyre declares martial law across most of Surrey County
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| 11 Òktober 1865 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Black Jamaicans march on Morant Bay courthouse
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| 7 Òktober 1865 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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A court protest in Morant Bay foreshadows the October uprising
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| 1 Ougùstùs 1838 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Apprenticeship ends and full legal emancipation is proclaimed in Jamaica
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| 16 Yüni 1838 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Governor Lionel Smith assents to Jamaica’s act ending apprenticeship
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| 28 Mei 1838 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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The Commons declines to implement its immediate abolition resolution
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| 22 Mei 1838 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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The Commons narrowly votes for immediate abolition of apprenticeship
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| 6 April 1838 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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A Commons amendment proposes ending Jamaican apprenticeship on 1 August
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| 29 Mart 1838 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Parliament debates immediate abolition amid evidence from Jamaica
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| 28 Novèmber 1837 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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A Penshurst affidavit disputes claims that apprentices were underfed
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| 21 Òktober 1837 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Commissioners submit findings that corroborate James Williams’s account
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| 5 Òktober 1837 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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The commission inspects St Ann’s Bay House of Correction
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| 21 Sèptèmber 1837 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Apprentices testify about punishment at Penshurst
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| 20 Sèptèmber 1837 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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A public commission begins investigating apprenticeship abuses in St Ann
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| 1 Ougùstùs 1834 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Emancipation takes legal effect, while most adults are forced into apprenticeship
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| 28 Ougùstùs 1833 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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The British Parliament passes the Slavery Abolition Act
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| 22 Yüni 1832 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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The Commons orders Jamaica’s Assembly report on the rebellion
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| 23 Mei 1832 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Colonial authorities execute Sam Sharpe after the Baptist War
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| 18 April 1832 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Parliament requests a return of Jamaican missionaries arrested after the rebellion
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| 10 April 1832 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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The Commons orders additional reports on Jamaica’s rebellion
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| 27 Desèmber 1831 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Sam Sharpe's planned strike escalates into the Baptist War
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| 28 Yüni 1826 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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A Jamaica slave register lists people held at Spring Garden Estate
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| 28 Yüni 1817 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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The Jamaica slave registry begins collecting returns from enslavers
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| 11 Desèmber 1816 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Jamaica enacts a more detailed register of enslaved people
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| 1 Yanüari 1808 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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The ban on British slave trading takes effect
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| 25 Mart 1807 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Britain passes the law abolishing its transatlantic slave trade
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| 6 Yüni 1796 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Britain forcibly deports more than 500 Trelawny Maroons to Nova Scotia
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| 16 Mart 1796 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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The colonial government declares the Second Maroon War over
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| 6 Mart 1796 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Trelawny Town Maroons surrender after the Second Maroon War
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| 1 Mart 1788 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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A consolidated Jamaican slave code replaces earlier laws
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| 23 Desèmber 1784 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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The assembly limits how recently manumitted people could be tried
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| 22 Desèmber 1775 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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A Jamaican statute confirms the inheritance of enslaved people through wills
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| 24 Desèmber 1774 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Jamaica makes private manumission conditional on lifelong provision
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| 24 Novèmber 1774 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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A Jamaican law varies import duties and inspection by enslaved people’s reported age
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| 12 Febrüari 1774 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Jamaica imposes an additional duty on enslaved people imported to the island
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| 23 Desèmber 1772 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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The assembly frees Will for helping investigate a murder
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| 19 Desèmber 1770 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Colonial law targets independent housing used by enslaved people in three towns
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| 21 Desèmber 1767 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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The assembly frees York and Cuffee after the 1765 Whitehall uprising
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| 9 Novèmber 1764 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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The assembly frees Cato after his role in the 1760 uprising
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| 1 Desèmber 1763 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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The assembly frees Jack Pearson after his role in suppressing the 1760 revolt
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| 19 Desèmber 1761 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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The Assembly frees Jack for helping suppress the recent rebellion
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| 1 Yanüari 1761 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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A Jamaican law makes the practice of Obeah a capital or transportable offense
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| 7 April 1760 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Tacky and other enslaved people launch a major uprising in St Mary
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| 23 Desèmber 1739 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Quao signs a separate treaty for Windward Maroon communities
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| 1 Mart 1739 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Cudjoe signs a treaty with the British colonial government
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| 14 Desèmber 1696 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Jamaica codifies restrictions on enslaved people in a new slave law
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| 5 Sèptèmber 1683 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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A new Jamaican law again denies freedom through Christian baptism
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| 1 Mei 1674 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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A Jamaican act expands plantation surveillance and control
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| 2 Novèmber 1664 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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The Jamaican assembly passes its first comprehensive slave code
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| 2 Novèmber 1662 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Jamaica’s first recorded law solely on governing enslaved Africans
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| 15 Novèmber 1661 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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Jamaica restricts enslaved people’s movement and punishes absence
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| 20 Mei 1655 |
Jamaica
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History slavery Jamaica
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English forces begin the siege that brings Jamaica under English rule
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