Slavery In Jamaican History

If you have read the story in the bible, explaining the lives of the Israelites , you can see some similarities in Jamaica’s history timeline. They have dealt with many rulers in their country’s era and still haven’t been able to fall back on a positive government. Their history holds horrifying massacres involving deaths of many innocent casualties. This once beautiful country now has become a struggle of survival. Jamaica had many hardships while Britain colonized the country, but now conditions have worsened and some Jamaicans are saying they would rather still be living under Britain’s rule.
Jamaica’s blessings of surplus in natural resources attracted their fatal downfall. In 1494, Christopher Columbus sailed to Jamaica. Jamaica …show more content…
Being a slave in Jamaica while the British ruling was very brutal and brief because it had a tremendous percentage of tropical and foreign diseases and stridulous working conditions. The death rate was way higher in Jamaica than their birth rates (“Jamaica | History - Geography.”). The death rate is way higher because of the high percentage of diseases in Jamaica which many slaves would get. While the death rate is being higher it is causing the birth rate to have a low percentage. Jamaica’s population is decreasing because of the diseases that were in Jamaica around this time. The foreign diseases brought by the British was also a leading cause of deaths of many people. Even though Jamaica wanted to be a neutral country during the war, but being weaker than both the Spanish and British, they had to choose a side to help. The British military governor was concerned that the Spanish would attack, forcing the pirates to move to Jamaica, so the island’s ports became their safe havens(“Jamaica | History - Geography.”). Island ports became their safe havens because nobody would suspect that someone would have that as their safe haven. The pirates interminably invaded the Spanish Caribbean cities and businesses. They critically helped Britain by distracting Spain’s military resources and intimidate their gold and silver trade. Some pirates held royal authority as buccaneers, but many became part-time …show more content…
And as Beccka was down on her knees ending her Goodnight prayers and Cherry told her softly, “ And ask God to bless Auntie Mary.” Beccka vex that anybody could interrupt the private conversation with God so, say Loud Loud( Senior, Olive. “ Do Angels Wear Brassieres?” ). This is showing that Jamaican people are confident with how they speak. Jamaican people are very cultural and you should not interrupt someone while they are praying. Cherry knows not to interrupt Beccka while she is praying, but she does because Auntie Mary wants everything perfect. Just in case Archdeacon can stop for tea Auntie Mary bake a fruitcake a upside-down cake a three-layer cake a chocolate cake for she don’t know which he prefers also some coconut cookies for although Archdeacon is an Englishman don’t say like his little Jamaican daintes ( Senior, Olive. “Do Angels Wear Brassieres?” ). Even though Archdeacon is an Englishman that still loves his Jamaican daintes. He would prefer Jamaican daintes, instead of having American desserts. Jamaicans desserts are better to the Archdeacon, but Auntie Mary thinks because he is an Englishman that he would prefer American desserts, such as chocolate cake. Olive Senior was born in rural Jamaica to peasant parents and was schooled in Montego Bay with well-off relatives. This dichotomy of lifestyles was to pay dividends in