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- The modern [[Caribbean]] [[state]] of '''Jamaica''', born from the [[slavery|slave]] trade and [[colonialism|colonial]] acti916 bytes (129 words) - 02:57, 19 September 2013
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- The [[Jamaican Fire Brigade]] operates several '''fireboats of Jamaica'''.<ref name=Gleaner2003-04-14A/> According to a 2003 article in the ''[[Jamaica Gleaner]]'' the three fireboats then nominally operated by the Fire Brigade10 KB (1,321 words) - 23:47, 14 July 2022
- [[Fireboat]]s operated in [[Jamaica]]73 bytes (8 words) - 21:03, 30 November 2023
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- ...ighbourhood has seen more [[Reggae]] recordings than anywhere outside of [[Jamaica]]204 bytes (27 words) - 11:19, 30 March 2023
- * Jamaica **Jamaica Estates329 bytes (38 words) - 10:33, 28 November 2007
- [[Fireboat]]s operated in [[Jamaica]]73 bytes (8 words) - 21:03, 30 November 2023
- Member, [[Global Leadership Foundation]]; [[Prime Minister of Jamaica]] 1992-2006118 bytes (12 words) - 02:30, 6 October 2009
- A medium range patrol vessel operated by the government of [[Jamaica]].107 bytes (14 words) - 17:56, 23 May 2011
- A medium range patrol vessel operated by the government of [[Jamaica]].107 bytes (14 words) - 17:56, 23 May 2011
- A medium range patrol vessel operated by the government of [[Jamaica]].107 bytes (14 words) - 17:56, 23 May 2011
- A term for a particular music style that emerged in Jamaica in the late 1960s.115 bytes (18 words) - 10:35, 11 October 2008
- A ska band from Jamaica. They played initially between 1963 and 1965, and recorded many of their be217 bytes (31 words) - 21:49, 11 October 2008
- [[Music|Musical]] [[genre]] originating in [[Jamaica]] in the late 1950s combining Caribbean [[mento]] and [[calypso (music)|cal210 bytes (26 words) - 09:47, 25 July 2009
- '''Ska''' is a [[music genre]] that originated in [[Jamaica]] in the late 1950s and turned into [[rocksteady]] and [[reggae]]. It combi In the early 1960s ska was extremely popular in Jamaica and also with British [[mod]]s. In the late 1960s it became the favourite m2 KB (242 words) - 01:25, 23 February 2010
- Several varieties of a full language spoken in Jamaica that developed from a pidgin and remained in some contact with English, cre293 bytes (44 words) - 08:46, 22 October 2010
- {{rpl|Jamaica}}113 bytes (13 words) - 20:27, 31 August 2022
- ..., School of Public Policy, [[Pepperdine University]]; [[U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica]] (1989-1993); member of Polo Hall of Fame308 bytes (42 words) - 17:47, 3 June 2010
- A highly influential musician, from [[Jamaica]], and a prominent proponent of the [[Rastafarian]] religion, and probably247 bytes (33 words) - 15:10, 2 September 2022
- ...island nations are found in the Caribbean, including Cuba, [[Haiti]] and [[Jamaica]]; many other islands are overseas territories of countries such as the [[U ...oday are the everyday mediums of [[communication]] in many of the islands: Jamaica, for instance, has its own [[Jamaican Creole|creole]].1 KB (180 words) - 12:13, 13 March 2024
- * [http://www.sephardim.org/ Sephardic Jews in Jamaica]976 bytes (121 words) - 09:34, 17 October 2010
- * [[Jamaica cricket team]]134 bytes (14 words) - 03:23, 29 October 2018
- {{r|Jamaica}}206 bytes (26 words) - 15:06, 2 September 2022
- {{rpl|Jamaica}}153 bytes (18 words) - 15:11, 2 September 2022
- ...t spare roof, with all shingles, is found in debris on Jamaica Inn Road in Jamaica Beach on Galveston Island.1 KB (216 words) - 02:32, 5 November 2008
- '''Reggae''' is a term for a particular [[music]] style that emerged in [[Jamaica]] in the late 1960s. ...receive credit for having a great impact on the successful independence of Jamaica, a former British colony, in 1962.3 KB (467 words) - 22:37, 16 November 2013
- The [[Jamaican Fire Brigade]] operates several '''fireboats of Jamaica'''.<ref name=Gleaner2003-04-14A/> According to a 2003 article in the ''[[Jamaica Gleaner]]'' the three fireboats then nominally operated by the Fire Brigade10 KB (1,321 words) - 23:47, 14 July 2022
- ...the success of the expedition, jointly commanded by him, which captured [[Jamaica]]. Under [[Charles II]], he had some commands at sea, but more significant626 bytes (101 words) - 16:49, 25 November 2013
- {{r|Jamaica}}507 bytes (74 words) - 08:09, 17 October 2009
- {{r|Jamaica}}718 bytes (96 words) - 16:39, 20 March 2023
- ...in [[Flushing, New York|Flushing]] and York College in [[Jamaica, New York|Jamaica]], both part of the [[City University of New York]], and St. John's Univers2 KB (318 words) - 10:17, 8 April 2023
- {{r|Jill Stauffer}} Board of Directors, [[Human Rights Campaign]], Jamaica Plain, MA {{r|David Wilson}} Board of Directors, [[Human Rights Campaign]], Jamaica Plain, MA3 KB (507 words) - 21:22, 2 December 2009
- The modern [[Caribbean]] [[state]] of '''Jamaica''', born from the [[slavery|slave]] trade and [[colonialism|colonial]] acti916 bytes (129 words) - 02:57, 19 September 2013
- {{r|Jamaica Beach, Texas}}891 bytes (132 words) - 11:51, 15 October 2008
- {{r|Jamaica}}1 KB (140 words) - 17:20, 18 October 2009
- ...ilm)|From Russia With Love]]''. The film was set in and mainly filmed in [[Jamaica]], and also starred [[Joseph Wiseman]] as the [[villain]], Doctor No,<ref>T976 bytes (158 words) - 08:53, 31 December 2008
- Wise was born in Brooklyn, and moved to the Jamaica, NYC|Jamaica neighborhood of New York City, when she was 12 years old.<ref name=qchron20 | url = https://www.qchron.com/editions/eastern/longtime-jamaica-resident-breaks-race-gender-barriers/article_cb17cf61-24f2-5431-8313-f6861c5 KB (683 words) - 02:18, 7 April 2024
- | birth_place = [[Jamaica]] ...an.<ref name=Now2012-05-17/><ref name=BlogTo2015-09-21/> He was born in [[Jamaica]], and first performed in [[Montego Bay]], and is now a senior respected me8 KB (1,048 words) - 11:19, 30 March 2023
- {{r|Kingston, Jamaica}}1 KB (185 words) - 07:32, 20 April 2024
- '''Michael Anthony Holding''' (born 16 February 1954 in [[Kingston, Jamaica]]) is a former [[West Indies (cricket)|West Indian]] [[cricketer]], and now ...his [[first-class cricket]] career, Holding played for [[Jamaica (cricket)|Jamaica]], [[Canterbury (cricket)|Canterbury]], [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|De5 KB (720 words) - 07:33, 15 June 2023
- ...through the United States to learn about Black folklore, and to Haiti and Jamaica to study the [[African Diaspora]].<ref name=Biography /> She is considered2 KB (260 words) - 10:15, 25 January 2024
- ...songs such as <i>Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)</i>, <i>Matilda</i>, and <i>Jamaica Farewell</i>, and for his renditions of tender ballads such as <i>Scarlet R1 KB (242 words) - 15:09, 26 May 2023
- ...ceptable to others.</ref> refers to many varieties of language spoken in [[Jamaica]]. The broadest (or 'basilectal') forms make up a [[creole (language)|creol2 KB (294 words) - 09:39, 5 January 2009
- ...ands from the Bahamas in 1848, placing the territory under the Governor of Jamaica.<ref>Albury. p. 196</ref><ref>Craton. pp. 138, 144, 146, 209-10</ref> ...Islands became a separate crown colony of the United Kingdom in 1962 when Jamaica received its independence. The colony was placed under the oversight of the6 KB (914 words) - 12:13, 13 March 2024
- ...tion:'' Jamaican precursor to [[hip hop music|hip hop]], based on Deejays (Jamaica's emcees) toasting (talking) over instrumental tracks or [[riddim]]s. Famou ...of reggae began in the UK but spread out quickly; reaching popularity in Jamaica as well. [[Janet Kay]], [[Audrey Hall]] and [[Maxi Priest]] are some examp6 KB (836 words) - 02:13, 11 October 2008
- ...aneway is the largest centre for the recording of Reggae music, outside of Jamaica.<ref name=TorontoStar2015-09-21/> ...f name=MontrealDanceHall2015-09-15/> In its coverage of the mural the ''[[Jamaica Gleaner]]'' described it as an instance of a foreign country showing respec10 KB (1,361 words) - 20:41, 31 August 2022
- *''Jamaica Inn'' (1939)2 KB (159 words) - 23:01, 1 November 2007
- ...Many Texas communities in the [[Galveston Bay]] area, including Galveston, Jamaica Beach, Crystal Beach, Surfside, Gilchrist, Winnie, and others suffered seve2 KB (257 words) - 10:42, 8 April 2024
- ...m J. Gaynor'' was called to [[Barren Island, Brooklyn|Barren Island]] in [[Jamaica Bay]] when a warehouse belonging to the [[United States Shipping Board]] wa ...rren Island: The Polar Bear and City of Omaha ignited by Blaze on Shore of Jamaica Bay – Three Blocks Destroyed – Flames From Disposal Buildings Spread Ra10 KB (1,394 words) - 23:17, 21 December 2023
- ...Mak'er'''' (intended to be pronounced with a British non-rhotic accent as 'Jamaica', IPA {{IPA|dʒəˈmeɪkə}}) is a song by English Rock music|rock band Led ...you make her', based on an old joke ('My wife's gone to the West Indies.' 'Jamaica?' 'No, she went of her own accord'). On 21 July 2005, Led Zeppelin vocalist7 KB (1,081 words) - 15:49, 1 April 2024
- *[[Jamaica]] (Became a Dominion in 1962).4 KB (519 words) - 12:14, 14 February 2024
- ...ralia]], [[Bahamas]], [[Barbados]], [[Belize]], [[Canada]], [[Grenada]], [[Jamaica]], [[New Zealand]], [[Papua New Guinea]], [[St Kitts and Nevis]], [[St Luci ...stead chosen by [[Parliament of Australia|Parliament]]. [[Barbados]] and [[Jamaica]] have also announced plans to become republics, in each case with a ceremo8 KB (1,113 words) - 16:45, 10 February 2024
- ...c AT 2777, France: Atlantic 650 226L, Holland: Atlantic ATL 2091043, Italy/Jamaica: Atlantic ATL 45-2777, Greece: Atlantic 2091 043, Japan: Warner Pioneer P-13 KB (442 words) - 05:53, 7 December 2013
- ...d><td>{{headofstate|Jamaica}}</td><td>{{headofstate-enteredoffice|Monarchy|Jamaica}}</td>26 KB (3,148 words) - 12:14, 21 March 2024
- ...ample, many creoles may no longer be used as lingua francas - such as in [[Jamaica]], where the [[Jamaican creole|local creole]]<ref>Sebba (1997: 204-210).</r4 KB (627 words) - 03:28, 7 March 2010
- ...[Bill Clinton|President Clinton]] nominated her to the ambassadorship to [[Jamaica]], but she could not serve due to poor health. In the same year she was ind ...had married twice in her life. Her first husband, Conrad Q. Chisholm, a [[Jamaica|Jamaican]] [[private investigator]], she married in 1949 and divorced in 199 KB (1,215 words) - 10:37, 7 August 2023
- ..., then-President [[Bill Clinton]] nominated her to the ambassadorship to [[Jamaica]], but she could not serve due to poor health. In the same year she was ind ...had married twice in her life. Her first husband, Conrad Q. Chisholm, a [[Jamaica]]n [[private investigator]], whom she married in 1949, [[divorce]]d her in9 KB (1,265 words) - 10:37, 7 August 2023
- ...icos Islands and Haiti, east of Mexico and north of the Cayman Islands and Jamaica.4 KB (579 words) - 09:51, 5 September 2013
- {{rpl|Fireboats of Jamaica}}6 KB (749 words) - 12:48, 23 December 2023
- [[File:Trinidad and Tobago Ship Quinam arriving in Montego Bay, Jamaica - 160619-N-FE728-103 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[TTS Quinam CG 26|Trinidad and To5 KB (633 words) - 16:55, 22 August 2022
- ...e most primitive sirenian known to date, ''[[Prorastomus]]'', was found in Jamaica, not the [[Old World]].5 KB (686 words) - 11:59, 26 September 2007
- *[[Milton Nettleford]] ([[Jamaica]]), Working Group on African Descent5 KB (649 words) - 11:47, 19 March 2024
- ...oy]] (which brought [[The Darkness]] into the label) and [[VP Records]] in Jamaica, home to reggae artists. Ahmet Ertegun died on 29 October 2006. In 2007, th5 KB (794 words) - 07:31, 20 April 2024
- | [[Jamaica]] || 2005 || 3 || 4207 ||10 KB (1,434 words) - 11:52, 2 February 2023
- * 2 ounces Jamaica rum6 KB (924 words) - 08:55, 30 May 2009
- ...ds'', and served as first mate. In 1767, he left the ''Two Friends'' in [[Jamaica]] and met a captain who was sailing close to Paul's hometown. The ship was6 KB (1,001 words) - 03:06, 14 August 2010
- <td>[[Jamaica]]</td><td>[[Kingston]]</td><td>[[Americas]]</td>15 KB (2,126 words) - 07:32, 20 April 2024
- ...etimes I'm wandering around the wiki and I see a glaring omission - like [[Jamaica]] - that I'd like fixed promptly, but on a subject that I know very little7 KB (1,154 words) - 12:51, 11 November 2009
- * Butler, Kathleen Mary. ''The Economics of Emancipation: Jamaica & Barbados, 1823-1843'' (1995) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=9104541 * Higman, Barry W. ''Slave Population and Economy in Jamaica, 1807-1834'' (1995) 330 pp. [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=6508319814 KB (1,917 words) - 19:48, 1 May 2008
- * "A Jamaica Slave Plantation." American Historical Review, 19 (April, 1914): 543-48. [h8 KB (1,140 words) - 04:51, 22 March 2010
- While about to commence filming a reggae concert in Jamaica in March 1974, Clifton was once again contacted by Led Zeppelin manager Pet6 KB (940 words) - 15:48, 1 April 2024
- *[[Jamaica]], joined 18/09/19629 KB (751 words) - 12:13, 13 March 2024
- ...rnment; a campaigner against the slave trade, he had almost emigrated to [[Jamaica]] to work as the bookkeeper on a friend's estate, one built on the labour o ...t as far as friends finding him a post as a book-keeper in Port Antonio in Jamaica, and was only abandoned because the publication of Burns's poems in Kilmarn14 KB (2,284 words) - 17:43, 1 January 2016
- | [[Teenager]]s from the [[British Deaf Association]] near a [[Jamaica]]n [[steel drum]] band9 KB (1,396 words) - 10:07, 28 February 2024
- ...upiers, including [[Barbados]][1966] in 1627, [[Anguila]] in 1650 and [[Jamaica]][1962] in 1655. Early British settlers were mainly subsistence farmers, b British Honduras[1981] (now Belize) was settled from Jamaica in 1640 and claimed by Britain in 1821. British Guiana[1966] was captured16 KB (2,420 words) - 16:53, 12 March 2024
- ...repeatedly called at [[Puerto Rico]], the [[Virgin Islands]], [[Haiti]], [[Jamaica]], and Cuba. ...t Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands|St. Thomas]], [[St. Croix]], [[Aruba]] and [[Jamaica]]. In August 1968, Rankin took part in exercise "Riverine 68," which was de16 KB (2,343 words) - 10:37, 29 March 2024
- ...'Epidendrum sessile'' by [[Olof Swartz]], in 1788, over a plant found in [[Jamaica]].<ref><span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Olof Swartz</span>. (1788). ' ...y eight years later, in 1826, [[John Lindley]] again received a plant from Jamaica and decided to propose the genus ''Heterotaxis'' for it.<ref><span style="f22 KB (3,143 words) - 14:30, 19 March 2023
- *1962 [[Jamaica]], [[Uganda]] become independent.12 KB (1,687 words) - 08:54, 2 March 2024
- <td>[[Jamaica]]</td><td>[[Kingston]]</td><td>[[Jamaican dollar]]</td> ...adofstate|Jamaica}}<br><small>''since {{headofstate-enteredoffice|Monarchy|Jamaica}}''</small></td>59 KB (8,221 words) - 07:31, 20 April 2024
- ...ishing British colony.<ref> James Robertson, "Cromwell and the Conquest of Jamaica." ''History Today'' 2005 55(5): 15-22. Issn: 0018-2753 Fulltext: [[Ebsco]]< ...of the British Empire.<ref>James Robertson, "Cromwell and the Conquest of Jamaica," ''History Today'' 55, No. 5 (May 2005) pp 15-22; Carla Gardina Pestana, "36 KB (5,768 words) - 08:53, 2 March 2024
- ...of the [[Central America]] and the [[Caribbean]] (such as [[Belize]] and [[Jamaica]]) would not be considered as parts of Latin America, and neither would the ...of the cultural heritage and history common to the region. For instance, [[Jamaica]] and [[Haiti]] share with Cuba and [[Domenican Republic]] a history of [[s34 KB (4,907 words) - 12:13, 13 March 2024
- ...nused manuscript sources. An example of pioneering comparative work was "A Jamaica Slave Plantation" (1914). His methods and use of sources shaped the researc12 KB (1,821 words) - 03:40, 27 October 2013
- ...thern manuscript sources. An example of pioneering comparative work was "A Jamaica Slave Plantation" (1914). His methods inspired the "Phillips school" of sla12 KB (1,770 words) - 23:41, 20 December 2008
- ...Newfoundland]]. The island is slightly smaller than [[Puerto Rico]] and [[Jamaica]], and larger than nearby [[Prince Edward Island]].<ref name=nytimes1913-0920 KB (2,504 words) - 21:23, 21 December 2023
- ...Among her ports of call during the cruise were [[Guantanamo Bay, Cuba]]; [[Jamaica]]; [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]] and [[Vieques]], Puerto Rico; [[St. T13 KB (2,020 words) - 10:15, 8 April 2023
- ...] who are also constitutional monarchies (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Papua New Guinea, St Christopher and Nevis, S16 KB (2,441 words) - 16:45, 10 February 2024
- ...were usually taken to the British sugar colonies in the West Indies, like Jamaica, where life expectancy was short. About 400 to 1000 free blacks went to Lo14 KB (2,106 words) - 17:30, 19 May 2022
- ...largely abandoned. New Providence was settled a second time in 1686 from [[Jamaica]]. In the 1690s English privateers (England was at war with [[France]]) and14 KB (2,214 words) - 12:14, 13 March 2024
- ...n. While in the West Indies, she visited Vieques, Puerto Rico; [[Kingston, Jamaica]]; and [[St. Croix]], Virgin Islands. The ship returned to Little Creek on15 KB (2,152 words) - 10:05, 6 August 2023
- ...dos (cricket)|Barbados]], [[Guyana (cricket)|Guyana]], [[Jamaica (cricket)|Jamaica]], and [[Trinidad & Tobago (cricket)|Trinidad & Tobago]]. England is actual51 KB (8,468 words) - 17:33, 11 March 2024
- ...Roosevelt Roads and Vieques, Puerto Rico, and enjoyed liberty at Kingston, Jamaica. On 2 December, ''Union'' got underway for California via the Panama Canal.35 KB (5,398 words) - 17:14, 7 March 2024
- ...taking part are Barbados, [[Guyana (cricket)|Guyana]], [[Jamaica (cricket)|Jamaica]], [[Leeward Islands (cricket)|Leeward Islands]], Trinidad & Tobago, and [[75 KB (11,035 words) - 16:38, 31 January 2024
- ...lican Church in the colonial Chesapeake (in contrast to its flourishing in Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad) is what led to a two-caste system in the North Ame Mintz, Sidney W. "Labor and Sugar in Puerto Rico and Jamaica, 1800-1850." In ''Slavery in the New World: A Reader in Comparative History64 KB (9,186 words) - 10:17, 16 August 2023
- ...years include [[literary fiction]] writers Gayl Jones, [[Ishmael Reed]], [[Jamaica Kincaid]], [[Randall Kenan]], and [[John Edgar Wideman]]. African American39 KB (5,968 words) - 14:18, 9 February 2024
- ...especially in the Commonwealth nations of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Jamaica and Barbados. In these countries, republicanism is largely about the post-c43 KB (6,485 words) - 08:54, 2 March 2024
- ...in training and equipment to foreign police, principally in [[Mexico]], [[Jamaica]], [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], [[Venezuel50 KB (7,291 words) - 14:04, 1 April 2024
- <tr><th align="left">Jamaica</th><th align="left">child health & development passport</th></tr>53 KB (8,307 words) - 09:59, 9 March 2024
- ...stabilized the colony's finances, tried to settle free blacks exiled from Jamaica (they were finally resettled in Sierra Leone), and quieted the Indians. Res37 KB (5,551 words) - 13:57, 24 September 2013
- ...ry of Ireland]], [[History of Israel]], [[History of Italy]], [[History of Jamaica]], [[History of Japan]], [[History of Jordan]], [[History of Kazakhstan]],60 KB (9,521 words) - 17:02, 5 March 2024
- ...both selected for the first Test against West Indies at [[Sabina Park]] in Jamaica, the first time they bowled in tandem. Although Statham took six wickets in68 KB (11,069 words) - 07:27, 15 June 2023
- Many wealthy planters from the English sugar islands Barbados and Jamaica obtained extensive land grants in South Carolina between 1672 and 1692. Wit52 KB (7,914 words) - 03:40, 6 February 2010
- ...ins a part of various ensembles in [[Sumatra]], Java, and the Philippines. Jamaica uses the violin for dance music. North America saw the rise of the violin a63 KB (9,800 words) - 11:57, 12 September 2013
- ...of origin for modern immigration are the [[Dominican Republic]], China, [[Jamaica]], [[Guyana]], Pakistan, [[Ecuador]], [[Haiti]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]], [80 KB (12,192 words) - 07:31, 20 April 2024