many Jamaicans left the island, mostly for work or education. often finding considerable success, in a wide range of fields
a 'steampunk' history of 19th century Jamaicaaccounts of science and technology as experienced in Jamaica, a century and more ago.
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lights in the Jamaican skysome glimpses of astronomy in Jamaica
more astronomy! - the comet that wasn't
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the journalists on Jamaica's newspapers in the 19th and early 20th centuries
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the famous Jamaica Choirthe great Black Jamaican choral group, 1880s-1920s
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19th century Kingston, as seen by visitorsdescriptions of 19th century Kingston, written by
visitors from abroad - often not too complimentary! |
the Collegiate School, Kingston the Collegiate School was the most important boys' secondary school in Jamaica in the second half of the 19th century, but has been virtually forgotten in the telling of Jamaican history.
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