Place Unit Type
Nation
Containing Unit
Caribbean
Date Type
After the Morant Bay riots, Jamaica's Governor John Eyre hangs his main legislative critic for high treason US/the World
British colonel implicated in the Jamaican massacres of October 1865 commits suicide Personal
In Kingston, Jamaica, a devastating fire destroys much of the commercial district around the docks Crime/Disasters
Riots break out in eastern Jamaica, prompting a bloody response from the white planter led government US/the World
Date Title
New York Times, “The Chances for Walker,” March 14, 1857
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “Rescuing a Fugitive Slave,” December 14, 1858
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “The British West India (Black) Regiments,” August 6, 1859
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Result of Freedom,” August 3, 1860
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