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First Inhabitants: The Tainos
The Discovery of Jamaica
The English Attack
The Slave Trade
Plantation Life
Rebellions
Maroon Wars & Treaty
Emancipation & Apprenticeship
the slave trade
Tobacco, indigo and cocoa gave way to sugar - the money crop.
The sugar industry grew so rapidly that the 57 sugar estates in the island in 1673 grew to nearly 430 by 1739.
Home
First Inhabitants: The Tainos
The Discovery of Jamaica
The English Attack
The Slave Trade
Plantation Life
Rebellions
Maroon Wars & Treaty
Emancipation & Apprenticeship