Jamaica Colonial Records
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Spanish Colonization[edit | edit source]
Christopher Columbus claimed Jamaica for Spain when he landed in 1494. Great Britain invaded Jamaica, conquering in the 1660s.Expansion depth limit exceeded
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British Colonization (1660s-present)[edit | edit source]
Great Britain gained control of Jamaica in the 1660s. Jamaica became an English colony in 1866, and in 1958 it became a province in the Federation of the West Indies. Jamaica gained independence in 1962.Expansion depth limit exceeded
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| Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834 at Ancestry ($) - index and images | 1813-1834 | Slave registers | English |