Honour the ancestors
On claiming our great heritage
Africa, the original homeland
From a colonial to a world perspective
The Asians colonise America and the Caribbean
Europe: Explorer, coloniser and slave master
Spanish Jamaica
Two Jamaicas emerge
Profits versus human rights
The beginning of the African diaspora
The Atlantic Slave Trade
The African-American liberation wars, 1660-1739
The African-Jamaican liberation wars, 1650-1800
The sugar estate: Bastion of white power
Pens, provision grounds and higglers
Into a new age
Challenge and response, 1760-1830
The primacy of freedom
Rebellion and emancipation
A home of their own
Towards political liberty
The people betrayed and vindicated
Robert Love points the way
Marcus Mosiah Qarvey, 1887-1940
Building a new society: People from India, China and the Middle East
Day da light, oh
The birth of a national consciousness, 1920-44
The founders of the nation: Marcus Garvey, Alexander Bustamante, Norman Manley
From colony to nation: Political progress and economic growth
Culture and nationhood