Ian Randle Publishers
The Story of the Jamaican People
Phillip Sherlock; Hazel Bennett
History
The Story of the Jamaican People
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The Story of the Jamaican People is the first general history of Jamaica to be written in almost 40 years. It differs significantly from earlier “imperial” histories which have been written from the perspective of the coloniser and which have relegated Jamaicans to an inferior and passive role. In this book, the authors offer a new interpretation of Jamaica’s history. The central theme is the long struggle of the African-Jamaican against subjugation, injustice, economic deprivation and the fight for full freedom. Sherlock and Bennett recount the epic resistance to slavery; from the acts of sabotage on the estates, the legendary exploits of Maroon heroes Cudjoe, Nanny and Tacky, to the final blow delivered by Sam Sharpe which ended slavery in Jamaica.

An underlying theme throughout the book is the centrality of Africa, the original homeland of the African-Jamaican. The memory of Africa’s ancient civilisations, its diverse tribes, languages, cultures and religions, sustained the African-Jamaican throughout slavery and remains a positive influence on modern-day Jamaican culture.

Although the focus of the story is on African-Jamaican, the authors recognise the significant role played by other ethnic groups – East Indians, Chinese, Lebanese, Syrians and Jews – in the development of modern Jamaica.

The Story of the Jamaican People is told in a powerfully evocative and poetic style in which the images of creative writers and artists are blended with extensive quotations from anthropological, sociological and historical sources. The book is copiously illustrated and has an extensive bibliographical and reference section as well as a useful index.

Language
English
ISBN
978-976-637-815-8
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Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1 Honour the Ancestors
Chapter 2 On claiming our great heritage
Chapter 3 Africa, the original homeland
Chapter 4 From a colonial to a world perspective
Chapter 5 The Asians colonise America and the Caribbean
Chapter 6 Europe: Explorer, coloniser and slave master
Chapter 7 Spanish Jamaica
Chapter 8 Two Jamaicas emerge
Chapter 9 Profits versus human rights
Chapter 10 The beginning of the African diaspora
Chapter 11 The Atlantic Slave Trade
Chapter 12 The African-American liberation wars, 1660-1739
Chapter 13 The African-Jamaican liberation wars, 1650-1800
Chapter 14 The sugar estate: Bastion of white power
Chapter 15 Pens, provision grounds and higglers
Chapter 16 Into a new age
Chapter 17 Challenge and response, 1760-1830
Chapter 18 The primacy of freedom
Chapter 19 Rebellion and emancipation
Chapter 20 A home of their own
Chapter 21 Towards political liberty
Chapter 22 The people betrayed and vindicated
Chapter 23 Robert Love points the way
Chapter 24 Marcus Mosiah Garvey, 1887-1940
Chapter 25 Building a new society: People from India, China and the Middle East
Chapter 26 Day da light, oh
Chapter 27 The birth of a national consciousness, 1920-44
Chapter 28 The founders of the nation: Marcus Garvey, Alexander Bustamante, Norman Manley
Chapter 29 From colony to nation: Political progress and economic growth
Chapter 30 Culture and nationhood
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