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MEMBERS OF the Anglican, Moravian and Baptist churches were owners of enslaved Africans who were subjected to their every whim and fancy. They believed nothing was wrong with chattel slavery, and even used scriptures to support it. Not only were...
Baptist Reverend Thomas Burchell arrived in Jamaica from England in 1822 and quickly developed a deep hatred for slavery. He was instrumental in convincing the Baptist Missionary Society (BMS) and other social organisations to lobby the British...
Montego Bay, famous for shopping and entertainment, has a deep history dating back to Jamaica's earliest people, the Taino, and the shows of wealth and power by colonial rulers.
The Atlantic Trade in Africans was officially abolished in 1808. But, from then until 1823, the antislavery campaign train seemed to have run out of steam. Abolitionists showed little interest in abolishing slavery itself. In 1823, the Anti-Slavery...
Samuel Sharpe, an enslaved man, lived on Croydon Estate in St James, but frequented Montego Bay. He got his owner’s full name, and was treated well by his owner and his family. Yet, in his book, ‘Death Struggles of Slavery’, Methodist Reverend...