Pree History Danielle Barnett

The Caribbean had a food supply problem for their enslaved population. Planters petitioned the government to bring back breadfruit trees from the newly "discovered" Polynesian islands- namely Tahiti. Capt Bligh was tasked to undertake this long mission to bring back seedlings on his plant nursery ships. The mission went terribly wrong the first try before he gave it another go. This expedition introduced many beloved foods which are now staples in the Jamaican diet.

Resources:


https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/breadfruit-and-the-bounty-that-brought-it-across-the-ocean
“Bastard Breadfruit and Other Cheap Provisions: Early Food Science for the Welfare of the Lower Orders.” Early Science and Medicine, vol. 21, no. 5, 2016, pp. 492–508. www.jstor.org/stable/44490835.
“3. Banks and Breadfruit.” RSA Journal, vol. 141, no. 5444, 1993, pp. 817–820. www.jstor.org/stable/41376302.
“4. Bligh's Successful Breadfruit Voyage.” RSA Journal, vol. 141, no. 5444, 1993, pp. 821–824.  www.jstor.org/stable/41376303.
“The Voyage of the Plant Nursery, H.M.S. Providence, 1791-1793.” Economic Botany, vol. 31, no. 4, 1977, pp. 387–431. www.jstor.org/stable/4253870.
“Voyages of the Bounty.” The Sewanee Review, vol. 115, no. 3, 2007, pp. 462–469. www.jstor.org/stable/40211620.
Captain Bligh's Second Voyage to the South Sea. http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks12/1204361h.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/01/origins-most-popular-caribbean-foods/579052/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/captain-blighs-cursed-breadfruit-41433018/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/the-real-story-behind-infamous-mutiny-hms-bounty
https://jis.gov.jm/information/symbols/jamaican-national-fruit-ackee/

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Just a rundown of how the parishes evolved over time and fast facts on St. Elizabeth, Clarendon and St. Thomas.


https://www.nlj.gov.jm/history-notes/History%20of%20Clarendon.pdf
http://www.jnht.com/site_Bath_Botanic_Garden.php
European Migration to Jamaica, 1655-1780. Trevor Burnard. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2947143
Morant Bay Rebellion - History Uncovered. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEH7fBz4K00
Hidden Textures of Race and Historical Memory: The Rediscovery of Photographs Relating to Jamaica's Morant Bay Rebellion of 1865. Mimi Sheller. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.25290/prinunivlibrchro.72.2.0533
https://jis.gov.jm/information/parish-profiles/parish-profiles-st-thomas/
https://jis.gov.jm/information/parish-profiles/parish-profile-st-elizabeth/
https://jis.gov.jm/information/parish-profiles/parish-profile-clarendon/

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Trinidadian-born musical prodigy, Hazel Scott made waves during the 1930s to 1940s with her jazzed up classical numbers. She wowed the nightclub scenes with her musical rendition, used her influence to elevate how black people were portrayed in films and married the first black congressman from New York. Hazel Scott was a model of African American success until her career crumbled due to false accusations of communism. 


Hazel Scott: A Career Curtailed. https://www.jstor.org/stable/20064068?read-now=1&seq=2#metadata_info_tab_contents. 
What Ever Happened to Hazel Scott? - YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_WJ4PpxWaE 
https://www.wnyc.org/people/hazel-scott/ 
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/hazel-scott 
https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/scott-hazel-1920-1981 
https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/american_originals/eleanor.html 
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/hazel-scotts-lifetime-of-high-notes-145939027/

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A "duppy" story aka Jamaican ghost story.

Source:


Duppy Stories by David Brailsford 

In this we cover Thomas-Alexandre's military career, his captivity in Naples and his falling out with Napoleon which got progressively worse. Sources: The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo. Tom Reiss. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexandre-Dumas-French-general https://www.businessinsider.com/thomas-alexandre-dumas-france-first-black-general-napoleon-bonaparte-2018-3

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Thomas-Alexandre would one day become the father of Alexandre Dumas, infamous writer of classics such as The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte-Cristo. Much of his life would inspire his son's characters and story beats, and no wonder as Thomas-Alexandre was born as a slave on a French colony and eventually rise to become the first black generals in the French Army. This is part 1 of 2 exploring his family background up to his early life in Paris. Sources: The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo. Tom Reiss. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexandre-Dumas-French-general https://www.businessinsider.com/thomas-alexandre-dumas-france-first-black-general-napoleon-bonaparte-2018-3

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