British colonial period in Jamaica

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colonial era historical period maroon war military conquest period of British rule rebellion slave rebellion

The British colonial period in Jamaica was the era from the mid-17th century to 1962 during which Jamaica was ruled by Britain, characterized by plantation slavery, sugar-based economy, racial hierarchy, and recurring resistance and uprisings by the enslaved and their descendants.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
British colonial period in Jamaica canonical 2
British colonial authorities in Jamaica 1
British colonial era in Jamaica 1

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial era ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
maroon war ⓘ
maroon war ⓘ
military conquest ⓘ
period of British rule ⓘ
rebellion ⓘ
slave rebellion ⓘ
capital Kingston ⓘ
Spanish Town ⓘ
characterizedBy British colonial administration ⓘ
maroon communities ⓘ
plantation slavery ⓘ
racial hierarchy ⓘ
resistance by enslaved people ⓘ
sugar-based economy ⓘ
colonialPower Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
country Jamaica ⓘ
demographicChange arrival of Indian indentured laborers ⓘ
emergence of Afro-Jamaican majority ⓘ
large-scale importation of enslaved Africans ⓘ
economicBasis plantation economy ⓘ
educationPolicy missionary schools for freedpeople ⓘ
effectiveDateInJamaica 1834 ⓘ
endedWith Jamaican independence ⓘ
endTime 1962 ⓘ
followedBy Jamaica ⓘ
independent Jamaica ⓘ
governingBody Governor of Jamaica ⓘ
House of Assembly of Jamaica ⓘ
laborSystem apprenticeship system ⓘ
chattel slavery ⓘ
indentured labor ⓘ
legalChange Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ
surface form: Abolition of slavery in the British Empire

Abolition of the slave trade ⓘ
mainCashCrop coffee ⓘ
pimento ⓘ
sugar ⓘ
partOf British West Indies ⓘ
pointInTime 1655 ⓘ
1795–1796 ⓘ
1807 ⓘ
1831–1832 ⓘ
1833 ⓘ
1865 ⓘ
1962-08-06 ⓘ
c. 1728–1739 ⓘ
politicalStatus British colony ⓘ
Crown colony ⓘ
precededBy Spanish colonial period in Jamaica ⓘ
religion Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ
surface form: Anglicanism

Baptists ⓘ
surface form: Baptist Christianity

Methodism ⓘ
significantEvent Baptist War ⓘ
English conquest of Jamaica ⓘ
First Maroon War ⓘ
Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
Second Maroon War ⓘ
startTime 1655 ⓘ
status capital of Jamaica from 1872 ⓘ
capital of Jamaica until 1872 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Morant Bay → historicalEra → British colonial period in Jamaica ⓘ
Morant Bay Courthouse → hasHistoricalPeriod → British colonial period in Jamaica ⓘ
this entity surface form: British colonial era in Jamaica
Old King’s House site → historicalEra → British colonial period in Jamaica ⓘ
English conquest of Jamaica → result → British colonial period in Jamaica ⓘ
this entity surface form: English occupation of Jamaica
Nanny of the Maroons → opponent → British colonial period in Jamaica ⓘ
this entity surface form: British colonial authorities in Jamaica