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Kingston, Jamaica (1789–1962)

1789–1962 — Jamaica, Britain’s richest sugar island, rivaled Saint-Domingue and held a quarter of a million enslaved people. Britain launched its 1793 invasion of Saint-Domingue from here. Slavery ended in 1834–38, and Jamaica gained independence on 6 August 1962.

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Type
Turning point
Chapter
Slavery in colonial Saint-Domingue (chapter 1 of Haiti and Kenya independence)
Atlas
Two Roads to Independence: Haiti 1789–1838 and Kenya 1895–1978
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Map showing Kingston, Jamaica (1789–1962), turning point in Two Roads to Independence: Haiti 1789–1838 and Kenya 1895–1978
TURNING POINT · TWO ROADS TO INDEPENDENCE: HAITI 1789–1838 AND KENYA 1895–1978

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