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Jamaica
What kind of place is Jamaica?
Why are we talking about Jamaica?
Do we have anything in common?
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Our objectives :
• To gather all our ideas and knowledge about Jamaica
• To find out new things about this country
• To think about the differences between Bethesda and Jamaica
• To explore what we have in common.
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Jamaica is a part of the Caribbean Islands
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It’s a country that stretches over
4,441 sq km
Is it bigger than Wales?
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It has a population of 2.65 million people of African, Afro-European, European, East Indian
and Middle Eastern, and Asian descent (background)
It is a colourful melting-pot of traditions and cultures!
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Jamaica has a tropical climate – hot, sunny, balmy and occasionally very rainy!
You can see beaches, mountains, valleys, plains and fields.
This makes it a perfect country to grow coffee, cocoa and sugar cane
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What has all this got to do with us?
There are so many differences between Wales,
Bethesda, and Jamaica.What could we (in Bethesda)
have in common?
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Jamaica has a vivid and painful history
Two things have affected the history and character of Jamaica :
The sugar cane industry
The slave trade.
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Sugar
European sailing ships settling in Jamaica in 18th century
Wanting to make money
How could they do that? Did they work themselves?
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SlavesFrom where?
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How did they come?
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The Bethesda-Jamaica connection
Richard Pennant
Lord Penrhyn
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Built on sugar profit
Built on the back of slave labour
Penrhyn Castle
Penrhyn Quarry