Saturday, April 7, 2012

Where to buy property in Jamaica | Global Property Guide

Where to buy property in Jamaica | Global Property Guide: "FaintfulWarriorColourful is perhaps the word that best sums up Jamaica—its culture, its cuisine, its beaches and reefs, its people. Jamaica is the home of reggae, Rastafari and Bob Marley. Of sand and surf, palm trees and plantation houses, ganja and jerk chicken.

This Caribbean island 90 miles south of Cuba was also the home of the Taino and Arawak peoples. It was discovered by Columbus in 1494, and the Spanish colonized it and defended it against constant pirate raids. In 1655, the British wrested the island from the Spanish, and kept it in their possession until the nation gained its independence in 1962.


Over the following centuries, African slaves were brought in to work the sugar plantations to replace the natives that had died out. The slaves were emancipated in 1833 and there was an uprising in 1865 following the drop in sugar prices. Living conditions in the island improved when Jamaica became a British colony the following year and continued to improve when bananas replaced sugar as the main crop. Jamaica finally won independence in 1962 and is now a democratic state. "

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