This survey course provides an overview
of Jamaican history, beginning with the arrival of indigenous peoples through
to European conquest, African enslavement and post-emancipation indentured labourers
to independence and beyond. By tracing the island's political, economic,
social and cultural development, the course focuses on historical antecedents that
have shaped modern Jamaica. Central to this conversation is the contributions
by the different groups who came to the island, making Jamaica "out of many”, but
raising the question of whether this has truly led to the creation of "one
people”.