Excerpt from The New Jamaica As its history has been the-subject of a cumulative literature, treating of the events of nearly four hun dred years of unusual interest, it Will be seen that any attempt to condense such a mass of material to the limit of two or three chapters must be prefaced with apology and received with indulgence. But as a knowledge of the more prominent facts and conditionsof the older time are necessary to a clear understanding of the present life and promise of a new Jamaica, we can but assure our readers that this epitome has been as honestly and fairly prepared as possible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.