Colony of Jamaica

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Colony_of_Jamaica
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf British colony
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Kingston
gptkb:Spanish_Town
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Jamaican_pound
gptkbp:endDate 1962
gptkbp:established 1655
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Chinese
gptkb:Europeans
gptkb:Indians
gptkb:Africans
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_the_Colony_of_Jamaica
gptkbp:governor gptkb:Alexander_Bustamante
gptkb:Edward_D'Oyley
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Colony of Jamaica
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:House_of_Assembly
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Caribbean
gptkbp:mainExports gptkb:sugar
right
bananas
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Morant_Bay_Rebellion
gptkb:Abolition_of_slavery_(1834)
Independence (1962)
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:population over 1 million (by 1962)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Spanish_Jamaica
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Jamaica
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Spanish_Jamaica
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6