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The Caribbean had a food supply problem for their enslaved population. Planters petitioned the government to bring back breadfruit trees from the newly "discovered" Polynesian islands- namely Tahiti. Capt Bligh was tasked to undertake this long mission to bring back seedlings on his plant nursery ships. The mission went terribly wrong the first try before he gave it another go. This expedition introduced many beloved foods which are now staples in the Jamaican diet. Resources: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/breadfruit-and-the-bounty-that-brought-it-across-the-ocean “Bastard Breadfruit and Other Cheap Provisions: Early Food Science for the Welfare of the Lower Orders.” Early Science and Medicine, vol. 21, no. 5, 2016, pp. 492–508. www.jstor.org/stable/44490835. “3. Banks and Breadfruit.” RSA Journal, vol. 141, no. 5444, 1993, pp. 817–820. www.jstor.org/stable/41376302. “4. Bligh's Successful Breadfruit Voyage.” RSA Journal, vol. 141, no. 5444, 1993, pp. 821–824.  www.jstor.org/stable/41376303. “The Voyage of the Plant Nursery, H.M.S. Providence, 1791-1793.” Economic Botany, vol. 31, no. 4, 1977, pp. 387–431. www.jstor.org/stable/4253870. “Voyages of the Bounty.” The Sewanee Review, vol. 115, no. 3, 2007, pp. 462–469. www.jstor.org/stable/40211620. Captain Bligh's Second Voyage to the South Sea. http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks12/1204361h.html https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/01/origins-most-popular-caribbean-foods/579052/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/captain-blighs-cursed-breadfruit-41433018/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/the-real-story-behind-infamous-mutiny-hms-bounty https://jis.gov.jm/information/symbols/jamaican-national-fruit-ackee/ Intro & outro music: Music: Dutty - Vibe Tracks https://youtu.be/YeHqPHl1114

Just a rundown of how the parishes evolved over time and fast facts on St. Elizabeth, Clarendon and St. Thomas. https://www.nlj.gov.jm/history-notes/History%20of%20Clarendon.pdf http://www.jnht.com/site_Bath_Botanic_Garden.php European Migration to Jamaica, 1655-1780. Trevor Burnard. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2947143 Morant Bay Rebellion - History Uncovered. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEH7fBz4K00 Hidden Textures of Race and Historical Memory: The Rediscovery of Photographs Relating to Jamaica's Morant Bay Rebellion of 1865. Mimi Sheller. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.25290/prinunivlibrchro.72.2.0533 https://jis.gov.jm/information/parish-profiles/parish-profiles-st-thomas/ https://jis.gov.jm/information/parish-profiles/parish-profile-st-elizabeth/ https://jis.gov.jm/information/parish-profiles/parish-profile-clarendon/ Intro & outro music: Music: Dutty - Vibe Tracks https://youtu.be/YeHqPHl1114

Trinidadian-born musical prodigy, Hazel Scott made waves during the 1930s to 1940s with her jazzed up classical numbers. She wowed the nightclub scenes with her musical rendition, used her influence to elevate how black people were portrayed in films and married the first black congressman from New York. Hazel Scott was a model of African American success until her career crumbled due to false accusations of communism.  Hazel Scott: A Career Curtailed. https://www.jstor.org/stable/20064068?read-now=1&seq=2#metadata_info_tab_contents.  What Ever Happened to Hazel Scott? - YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_WJ4PpxWaE  https://www.wnyc.org/people/hazel-scott/  https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/hazel-scott  https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/scott-hazel-1920-1981  https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/american_originals/eleanor.html  https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/hazel-scotts-lifetime-of-high-notes-145939027/ Intro & outro music: Music: Dutty - Vibe Tracks https://youtu.be/YeHqPHl1114

A "duppy" story aka Jamaican ghost story. Source: Duppy Stories by David Brailsford 

In this we cover Thomas-Alexandre's military career, his captivity in Naples and his falling out with Napoleon which got progressively worse. Sources: The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo. Tom Reiss. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexandre-Dumas-French-general https://www.businessinsider.com/thomas-alexandre-dumas-france-first-black-general-napoleon-bonaparte-2018-3 Intro & outro music: Music: Dutty - Vibe Tracks https://youtu.be/YeHqPHl1114

Thomas-Alexandre would one day become the father of Alexandre Dumas, infamous writer of classics such as The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte-Cristo. Much of his life would inspire his son's characters and story beats, and no wonder as Thomas-Alexandre was born as a slave on a French colony and eventually rise to become the first black generals in the French Army. This is part 1 of 2 exploring his family background up to his early life in Paris. Sources: The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo. Tom Reiss. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexandre-Dumas-French-general https://www.businessinsider.com/thomas-alexandre-dumas-france-first-black-general-napoleon-bonaparte-2018-3 Intro & outro music: Music: Dutty - Vibe Tracks https://youtu.be/YeHqPHl1114

Welcome to a very special episode. We will cover the origins of the Chinese Jamaican community and the difficulties they faced as new immigrants to the country. As American Asians experience an increase in violence and hostility we should remember the history of such incidents and ensure we do not repeat them and educate ourselves on the different groups who make up our community. https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/those-major-anti-chinese-riots-in-jamaica-those-major-anti-chinese-riots-in-jamaica_124171?profile=1096 http://old.jamaica-gleaner.com/pages/history/story0055.htm https://www.cbajamaica.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/HANDOUT_Hakka_Migration_History.182201835.pdf https://www.cbajamaica.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/Chang_J_Victor_-_Lessons_from_the_Past-English_rev.1182635.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20080414200426/https://www.britannica.com/blogs/2007/04/the-new-panama-railroad-ninth-wonder-of-the-world/ https://www.panamarailroad.org/chinesetragedy.html https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/150-years-ago-chinese-railroad-workers-staged-era-s-largest-n774901 The Settlement of the Chinese in Jamaica: 1854 -c.1970. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40654450?seq=1 https://gleaner.newspaperarchive.com/kingston-gleaner/2007-02-18/page-155/ https://gleaner.newspaperarchive.com/kingston-gleaner/1997-08-25/page-32/ https://gleaner.newspaperarchive.com/kingston-gleaner/1918-07-11/ https://gleaner.newspaperarchive.com/kingston-gleaner/1918-07-10/ https://gleaner.newspaperarchive.com/kingston-gleaner/1925-10-02/page-12/ https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/dr-paul-chen-young-passes_193561 https://sflcn.com/ambassador-marks-hails-paul-chen-young-as-a-jamaican-patriot-visionary/ Intro & outro music: Music: Dutty - Vibe Tracks https://youtu.be/YeHqPHl1114

Slave rebellions were pretty frequent in Jamaica's early colony years. We take a quick look at the early ones including Cudjoe's rebellion and how it led to the formation of Maroon communities across the island. Sources: Apocalypse 1692. Ben Hughes. https://gleaner.newspaperarchive.com/kingston-gleaner/1998-02-25/page-3/ "The First Maroon War Begins: 1731." Global Events: Milestone Events Throughout History (Vol. 3: Central and South America.) "Maroons (Cimarrones)." Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture (2nd ed., Vol. 4, pp. 381-383). https://daily.jstor.org/maroon-societies-in-jamaica/ https://gleaner.newspaperarchive.com/kingston-gleaner/1961-09-17/page-14/ http://scholar.library.miami.edu/slaves/Maroons/maroons.html "The Maroon culture of endurance." Americas, vol. 42, no. 1, Jan.-Feb. 1990 Sugar and Slaves. The Rise of the Planter Class in the English West Indies, 1624-1713. Richard S. Dunn. Intro & outro music: Music: Dutty - Vibe Tracks https://youtu.be/YeHqPHl1114

In the weeks after the American Civil War, urbanites were going crazy for a new sport- pedestrianism. Fred Hart an immigrant from Haiti would snatch the championship and fame while setting a path for future black racewalkers who participated in a nearly deadly 84-day long footrace across America during the Jim Crow era. Sources: https://www.npr.org/2014/04/03/297327865/in-the-1870s-and-80s-being-a-pedestrian-was-anything-but Bunion Derby: The 1928 Footrace Across America. Charles B. Kastner. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/frank-hart-pedestrianism https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/olympics2016/2016/07/30/racewalking-olympic-sport-people-can-relate/hCn9TvBYM6k4mWxZIocbbP/story.html https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/hart-frank-black-dan-1859/ https://www.nyrr.org/Run/Photos-And-Stories/2021/Black-American-Running-Timeline https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/1928-bunion-derby-america-s-brush-integrated-sports/ Intro & outro music: Music: Dutty - Vibe Tracks https://youtu.be/YeHqPHl1114

We'll wrap up the final years of the Golden Age of Piracy with the pirate queens Anne Bonny and Mary Read and their captain Calico Jack Rackam. There's a lot of legend mixed in with the facts but they forever left their mark on pirate lore to this day. Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/if-theres-a-man-among-ye-the-tale-of-pirate-queens-anne-bonny-and-mary-read-45576461/ Means, R. (2017). Jack Rackham (Calico Jack). Jack Rackham (Calico Jack), 1–2. https://www.thoughtco.com/biography-of-john-calico-jack-rackham-2136377 Rediker, M. (1993). When women pirates sailed the seas. The Wilson Quarterly, 17(4), 102+. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A14522412/GPS?u=mlin_n_bevpubl&sid=GPS&xid=0571076a https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anne-Bonny https://www.postandcourier.com/news/the-true-and-false-stories-of-anne-bonny-pirate-woman-of-the-caribbean/article_e7fc1e2c-101d-11e8-90b7-9fdf20ba62f8.html https://www.postandcourier.com/news/a-22-year-old-youtuber-may-have-solved-anne-bonny-pirate-mystery-300-years-after/article_78fc0a2e-2914-11eb-a5f5-03b65f4d281a.html https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/world-history-magazine/article/ahoy-meet-the-real-pirates-caribbean-carolinas https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/grim-life-cursed-real-pirates-of-caribbean http://gallery.lib.umn.edu/exhibits/show/mary-read-anne-bonny/introduction https://www.nationalgeographic.com/pages/article/blackbeard-pirate-book-cannon-revenge https://csphistorical.com/2016/05/08/anne-bonny-and-mary-read-female-pirates-and-maritime-women-page-one/ Intro & outro music: Music: Dutty - Vibe Tracks https://youtu.be/YeHqPHl1114