Chinese Jamaicans

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:containsSettlement gptkb:Westmoreland
gptkb:Clarendon
gptkb:Kingston
gptkb:Manchester
gptkb:St._James
gptkb:St._Catherine
gptkb:St._Elizabeth
gptkb:St._Andrew
gptkbp:contribution gptkb:business
gptkb:music
gptkb:politics
sports
retail trade
culinary culture
gptkbp:country gptkb:Jamaica
gptkbp:diaspora gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Cayman_Islands
gptkb:Trinidad_and_Tobago
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:Chinese
gptkbp:historicalPeriod First major migration in 1854
Many arrived as indentured laborers
Early migrants mainly from Guangdong and Hakka regions
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Chinese Jamaicans
gptkbp:language gptkb:Cantonese
gptkb:Hakka
gptkb:Jamaican_Patois
English
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Vincent_Chang
gptkb:Patrick_Chung
gptkb:Oliver_Jones
gptkb:Sean_Paul
gptkb:Lisa_Hanna
gptkb:Michael_Lee-Chin
gptkb:Amy_Ashwood_Garvey
gptkb:Beverley_Manley
gptkb:Neville_Lee
gptkb:Ronnie_Chin
gptkb:Mona_Hammond
gptkbp:organization gptkb:Chinese_Benevolent_Association_of_Jamaica
gptkb:Chinese_Freemasons_Association
gptkb:Jamaica_Chinese_Cultural_Association
gptkbp:population approximately 70,000
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Chinese_diaspora
gptkb:Chinese_Canadians
gptkb:Chinese_Americans
gptkb:Chinese_Haitians
gptkb:Chinese_Trinidadians_and_Tobagonians
gptkb:Chinese_Cubans
gptkb:Chinese_Caribbeans
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Chinese_folk_religion
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Chinese_emigrants
gptkb:Saint_Elizabeth_Parish,_Jamaica
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7