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===Emigration from Jamaica=== | ===Emigration from Jamaica=== | ||
After a slave rebellion in 1795–96, many '''Maroons''' from the Maroon town of Cudjoe's Town (Trelawny Town) were expelled to '''Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone'''. | *After a slave rebellion in 1795–96, many '''Maroons''' from the Maroon town of Cudjoe's Town (Trelawny Town) were expelled to '''Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone'''. | ||
Due to a high rate of emigration for work since the 1960s, there is a large Jamaican diaspora, particularly in '''Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States.'''<ref name="Jam"/> | *Due to a high rate of emigration for work since the 1960s, there is a large Jamaican diaspora, particularly in '''Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States.'''<ref name="Jam"/> | ||
==For Further Reading== | ==For Further Reading== | ||