if it wasn't for jamaica there would be no bond movies
first tropical country to enter a Winter Olympic event
first Caribbean nation to gain independence.
Jamaica was the first country in the Western world to build a railroad
The Christmas Rebellion of 1831-32, a 10-day revolt led by preacher Samuel Sharpe, saw 60,000 slaves demand freedom and a working wage of half the going rate. It was the largest slave uprising in the British West Indies, but was suppressed by the British forces, with approximately 500 slaves killed.
Negged