From Slavery to Independence - Happy 53rd Indepenpence Jamaica!
Eternal Father bless our land - Jamaica "Land of wood and water". The path to independence pretty much started from around 1945, right at the end of World War 11. During this period there was a move by the British Government to relieve the country from under its rule as being a crown colony and into an independent state. On August 6, 1962, the country saw the last of the Union Jack which is the national flag of the United Kingdom being lowered and replaced by the Jamaican Flag - The black, Green and Gold! What a celebration this must have been! The journey to independence was harsh and fatal for many of the natives - the Arawaks and Tainos who lived on the island. This was so as the people were constantly fighting those who sought to; and managed to capture, claimed and ruled the island which they inhabited. The natives were enslaved by their capturers. The island was first invaded by the Spanish voyager/explorer Christopher Columbus who landed in the island in 1494 and t...