Jamaica

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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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Its 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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Slaves
From 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 profitBuilt on the back of slave
labour
Penrhyn Quarry
Penrhyn Castle