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Full Free - Jamaica Free

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A postcard highlighting the abolition of slavery and Emancipation Day, August 1, in Jamaica.

The S.S. Yarmouth Castle - Steamship on the Miami, Kingston route in Kingston 1954

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Photograph of the S.S. Yarmouth Castle Steamship which travels the Miami - Kingston route, as it docked in the Kingston Harbour in 1954.

The 'Ile de France' in 1954

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Photograph of the ship 'Ile de France' in 1954.

The 'fremantle' plane which inaugurated the Air Pan- American Service

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A fremantle airplane which inaugurated the Pan - American Air Service lands in the sea next to a ship.

The Vickers Viking, a 24 seat aircraft which BWIA used from 1949-1957

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Photograph of the Vickers Viking - a 24 seater aircraft used by British West Indies Airways from 1949-1957, on the runway.

HRH Princess Margaret reading the Queen's Message

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Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret reads the Queen's message as diplomats and government officials listen at the Occasion of Jamaica's independence, 1962.

Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers

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From left to right - Stephen Marley, Cedella Marley, Ziggy Marley and Sharon Marley - siblings making up the singing group - Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers

Going to Market, Jamaica

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Women with laden baskets atop their heads, and a donkey with laden hampers are on their way to the market in a rural area.

Female slaves chat in the customs street in town

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Enslaved African women socialise with each other on the street of a British colony.

A Jamaican Market Woman

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Profile of a Jamaican market woman wearing a bandana headscarf, a string of beads and carrying a basket with intricate patterns on her head.