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Queen Nanny of the Maroons, the only woman among Jamaica’s seven national heroes, had opposed the signing of the centuries-old British treaties agreeing to take down slave rebellions and retur...
Jamaica Observer readers have welcomed the apology from Maroon Queen Gloria Simms for the much regretted role of the Maroons of Jamaica in suppressing slave rebellions in Jamaica, under treaties signe...
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Cuba has Santeria. Jamaica still practices Obeah. All are African religions brought by the more than 4 million people stolen from their homes to be slaves in the Caribbean during the 15th and 16th centuries. University of Miami senior Kay-Ann Henry, who was born in Jamaica, decided to explore the ways that those enslaved people used the Obeah practices to try to liberate themselves. One of six scholars who presented their research as part of the Library Research Scholars Program—one that allows undergraduates a deep dive into the University Libraries research collections and service program...