Ep. 301 | The History of the Chinese Jamaicans
The China History Podcast
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Importing Chinese Workers in Jamaica
In 18 11, four years after britain got out of the transatlantic slave trade, jamaica was exploring importing chinese labor to supplement african slave labor. The slavery abolition act of 18 33 was passed, which put an end to that peculiar institution on august first, 18 34. So without slavery, the plantation owners of jamaica had to pivot to a new model. And this is when other options began to be explored, including the idea of importing chinese workers. In tory, as recorded, the first arrival of chinese into jamaica to be july thirtieth, 18 54, when a vessel named the epsom arrived with 267
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