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Christopher Columbus

A front view portrait of Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer.

Abolition of slavery in Jamaica

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Procession of the Baptist Church congregation in Spanish Town Square on August 1, 1838 as they turned up at Government House to hear the Proclamation of Freedom read by the Governor His Excellency Sir Lionel Smith.

Bed-stock for intoxication

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Enslaved Africans with their feet clamped between a bed-stock as punishment for being intoxicated.

Henry Sylvester Williams

Photograph of Henry Sylvester Williams, Trinidadian lawyer, councillor, writer and noted Pan-Africanist.

Coke's ministers house, Kingston

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The official residence for the minister of Coke Methodist Church Kingston, Jamaica.

Orange Valley, Slave Hospital

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Ruins of the Orange Valley Slave Hospital in the parish of Trelawny, Jamaica.

Neck Collar on model

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A model wearing a collar that is used for the punishment and torture of slaves.

17th Century negro girl from Barbados

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A seventeenth century African woman from Barbados attired in European styled dress.

Interior view of church

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An interior view of a church showing a pipe organ on the organ loft, wooden benches on the upper and lower levels and chandeliers hanging from the ceiling.