Pree History

Danielle Barnett

"Pree" means "to look or check out something" and it also sounds like the English prefix "pre" meaning "before". This podcast is exploring Caribbean history, with a focus on Jamaica. We'll visit everything from flag designs, sunken cities and revolutions. I'm Danielle Barnett and I love history as much as a good fantasy novel so I hope you'll enjoy this podcast too.

  1. 07/26/2021

    Bligh's Breadfruit Ships: The Bounty and Providence

    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/ Intro & outro music: Music: Dutty - Vibe Tracks https://youtu.be/YeHqPHl1114

    14 min

  2. 07/12/2021

    Parish History Cliffnotes: St. Elizabeth, Clarendon and St. Thomas

    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/ Intro & outro music: Music: Dutty - Vibe Tracks https://youtu.be/YeHqPHl1114

    11 min

  3. 06/28/2021

    Hazel Scott: Swinging the Classics Upside Down

    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/ Intro & outro music: Music: Dutty - Vibe Tracks https://youtu.be/YeHqPHl1114

    18 min

  4. 06/14/2021

    Jamaican Ghost Story: Crocodile Man

    A "duppy" story aka Jamaican ghost story. Source: Duppy Stories by David Brailsford

    18 min

  5. 05/31/2021

    Alexandre Dumas (Part 2) - Mr. Humanity

    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 Intro & outro music: Music: Dutty - Vibe Tracks https://youtu.be/YeHqPHl1114

    29 min

  6. 05/17/2021

    Alexandre Dumas (Part 1) - The Count of Saint-Domingue

    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 Intro & outro music: Music: Dutty - Vibe Tracks https://youtu.be/YeHqPHl1114

    31 min

  7. 05/03/2021

    Out of Many, One People: Chinese Jamaicans (Special Episode)

    Welcome to a very special episode. We will cover the origins of the Chinese Jamaican community and the difficulties they faced as new immigrants to the country. As American Asians experience an increase in violence and hostility we should remember the history of such incidents and ensure we do not repeat them and educate ourselves on the different groups who make up our community. https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/those-major-anti-chinese-riots-in-jamaica-those-major-anti-chinese-riots-in-jamaica_124171?profile=1096 http://old.jamaica-gleaner.com/pages/history/story0055.htm https://www.cbajamaica.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/HANDOUT_Hakka_Migration_History.182201835.pdf https://www.cbajamaica.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/Chang_J_Victor_-_Lessons_from_the_Past-English_rev.1182635.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20080414200426/https://www.britannica.com/blogs/2007/04/the-new-panama-railroad-ninth-wonder-of-the-world/ https://www.panamarailroad.org/chinesetragedy.html https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/150-years-ago-chinese-railroad-workers-staged-era-s-largest-n774901 The Settlement of the Chinese in Jamaica: 1854 -c.1970. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40654450?seq=1 https://gleaner.newspaperarchive.com/kingston-gleaner/2007-02-18/page-155/ https://gleaner.newspaperarchive.com/kingston-gleaner/1997-08-25/page-32/ https://gleaner.newspaperarchive.com/kingston-gleaner/1918-07-11/ https://gleaner.newspaperarchive.com/kingston-gleaner/1918-07-10/ https://gleaner.newspaperarchive.com/kingston-gleaner/1925-10-02/page-12/ https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/dr-paul-chen-young-passes_193561 https://sflcn.com/ambassador-marks-hails-paul-chen-young-as-a-jamaican-patriot-visionary/ Intro & outro music: Music: Dutty - Vibe Tracks https://youtu.be/YeHqPHl1114

    26 min

  8. 04/19/2021

    Cudjoe and Other Early Slave Rebellions in Jamaica

    Slave rebellions were pretty frequent in Jamaica's early colony years. We take a quick look at the early ones including Cudjoe's rebellion and how it led to the formation of Maroon communities across the island. Sources: Apocalypse 1692. Ben Hughes. https://gleaner.newspaperarchive.com/kingston-gleaner/1998-02-25/page-3/ "The First Maroon War Begins: 1731." Global Events: Milestone Events Throughout History (Vol. 3: Central and South America.) "Maroons (Cimarrones)." Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture (2nd ed., Vol. 4, pp. 381-383). https://daily.jstor.org/maroon-societies-in-jamaica/ https://gleaner.newspaperarchive.com/kingston-gleaner/1961-09-17/page-14/ http://scholar.library.miami.edu/slaves/Maroons/maroons.html "The Maroon culture of endurance." Americas, vol. 42, no. 1, Jan.-Feb. 1990 Sugar and Slaves. The Rise of the Planter Class in the English West Indies, 1624-1713. Richard S. Dunn. Intro & outro music: Music: Dutty - Vibe Tracks https://youtu.be/YeHqPHl1114

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"Pree" means "to look or check out something" and it also sounds like the English prefix "pre" meaning "before". This podcast is exploring Caribbean history, with a focus on Jamaica. We'll visit everything from flag designs, sunken cities and revolutions. I'm Danielle Barnett and I love history as much as a good fantasy novel so I hope you'll enjoy this podcast too.

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