Jamaica's sugar crop has declined in importance…

1876 CE to 1887 CE

Jamaica's sugar crop has declined in importance in the late nineteenth century and the colony has begun to diversify into bananas.

Some measure of self-government in Jamaica is restored in the 1880s, when islanders gain the right to elect nine members of a legislative council.

 

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Kingston Kingston Jamaica View →

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Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → Jamaica (British Crown Colony) View →

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