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Palisadoes International Airport

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A view of the Palisadoes International Airport in Kingston, showing the administrative block and control tower upstairs, and airline offices/departure section.

Orange Valley Slave Hospital

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Photograph showing ruins of the Slave Hospital at Orange Valley Estate in Trelawny.

Palisadoes Airport

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Photograph of the Palisadoes airport, Kingston, Jamaica showing a Pan American airplane on the runway, and the air traffic control tower.

Skirmish near Mahaica Fort, Demerara, August 19, 1823

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A depiction of slaves (rebels) forcing the retreat of European soldiers near Mahaica Fort in Demerara, Guyana, during the Demerara Rebellion of 1823.

Lititz, the first primary (elementary) school in Jamaica

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Exterior view and grounds of Lititz, the first primary school in Jamaica.

Hall of Healing

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Nurses preparing beds in a hospital ward.

A Coromantee free negro ranger in Guyana about 1775

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An artist's impression of a Coromantee Free African ranger in Guyana about 1775 armed with weapons.

Ritual Decapitation: Ashanti and Guyana

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An illustration depicting white men posing with the decapitated heads of rebels of the 1823 Demerara Rebellion - It being a ritual copied from West African warriors and African American slave rebels.

Manley talking to dock workers

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Norman Manley on platform with arm outstretched, talking to dock workers.