Jamaica Heroes

Norman Washington Manley was born at Roxborough, Manchester, on July 4, 1893. He was a

Samuel Sharpe was the main instigator of the 1831 Slave Rebellion, which began on the

When Alexander Bustamante began to make his presence felt in Jamaica, the country was still

He was Jamaica’s first National Hero. Garvey was born in St. Ann’s Bay on August

Nanny was a leader of the Maroons at the beginning of the 18th century. She

Born to a slave mother and a planter father who was an attorney to several

Paul Bogle led the Morant Bay rebellion on October 11, 1865, with about 200-300 black