Women propped up the largest slave society in the British Empire. Jamaica Ladies is the first systematic study of the free and freed women of European, Euro-African, and African descent who perpetuated chattel slavery and reaped its profits in the British Empire. Their actions helped transform Jamaica into the wealthiest slaveholding… Continue Reading
In honour of Remembrance Day celebrations, Richard Smith speak to us on the role of Jamaicans and other West Indians in the World War I. He will tell us how early military enthusiasm in Jamaica contributed to the formation of… Continue Reading
An Analysis of the Role of the Enslaved Population on Ten Tharp Properties in 1805 Trelawny, Jamaica Following on from Ke Vaughn Harding’s talk on the recreation of a slave dwelling at Good Hope owned by planter John Tharp, we… Continue Reading
The FGSJ is delighted to offer the chance to hear Richard Atkinson talk with its chair, Peregrine Bryant about his highly acclaimed book, Mr Atkinson’s Rum Contract. There will be a chance, through the event moderator, to ask Richard questions. To book, see… Continue Reading
The Jamaican Historical Society will be hosting a lecture by Richard Atkinson on Wednesday the 30th of January, 2019 at 6.00 p.m. at St. Michael’s Theological College on Golding Avenue in Papine. Mr. Atkinson is a publisher and author. His… Continue Reading
Robert Barker bequeathed his superb collection of 18th century silver made in Jamaica to the Museum of Scotland. Many Scottish silversmiths were working on the island and producing fabulous work but that is only part of the story. To find… Continue Reading
We present a video of the talk given by Dr Kevin Brown of the Friends of the Jamaica National Railway to an audience at the Jamaica High Commission in July 2023. Dr Brown talks about the group’s work to revitalise… Continue Reading
Our next talk will be about the work to restore the Kingston railway station and part of the Jamaica Railway network. Our speaker will be Dr Kevin Brown, Chair of the Jamaican Diaspora (UK). Dr Brown studied mechanical engineering at the… Continue Reading
The FGSJ have been introduced to a project set up by the Friends of the Jamaica National Railway who are a group of U.K. rail enthusiasts. They are hoping to restore the Kingston Railway Station and, at least, a short… Continue Reading
In 2022, the FGSJ team visited the small brickworks which archaeologist Dr Ivor Conolley is setting up in Trelawny. To help, we obtained detailed advice from Tony Minter of the Bulmer brickworks in the U.K. (Tony came to Jamaica and… Continue Reading
The FGSJ has long been working with stakeholders on the project to restore and find a use for this historic Falmouth building, once the Falmouth residence of John Tharp, more recently the town’s Tax Office. In March 2023, the team… Continue Reading
The FGSJ supports the work of the Wattle and Red Earth (WARE) Collective which promotes Jamaica’s traditional built environment. WARE champions the culture and heritage of rural communities in the parish of St Elizabeth in particular. We want here to… Continue Reading
Gad Heuman, Professor Emeritus in the Department of History, and specialist in the history of the Morant Bay Rebellion will talk to us about this particularly important event in Jamaican history. The Rebellion has been the subject of recent radio… Continue Reading
An FGSJ Zoom Talk on 22 March 2023 at 6.30p.m. (U.K. time) Matthew Webster from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation will speak about the Bray School, the oldest school dedicated to Black education in the United States. Matthew will unlock the… Continue Reading
In the eighteenth century, Kingston’s “Spring Path” served as a burial place and location where African Jamaicans gathered to honor their heritage. When Olaudah Equiano, an African-descended man who wrote a powerful anti-slavery narrative, came ashore in Jamaica in 1771… Continue Reading
The Friends of the Georgian Society of Jamaica is a charity registered in the UK, no. 1074915.
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