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Histoire de La Jamaique:

The English conquest of Jamaica was a series of mistakes.

A fleet
sent by Cromwell was intended to take Santa Domingo, but it was driven
off. Not to return empty-handed, it turned to Jamaica, with its small
population poorly defended.

The English, under Admirals Penn and
Venables, landed at the west end of present Kingston Harbor, not far from
the capital, Villa de la Vega. Under the Governor Ysassi, the Spanish
resisted vigorously; the English also, having chosen an unhealthy spot, lost
a great many men to fever and other diseases.

Had Ysassi been properly
supported from Hispaniola, he might well have succeeded against the
English, but, denied any kind of support, the best he could do after about
two years, was to evacuate most of the Spanish settlers.

Runaway Bay, on
the north coast, rather ungallantly names the point of his departure.

It
might be mentioned that the Spanish set their loyal Negro slaves free, who,
taking to the hills, made guerilla warfare on the English.

This was the
beginning of the Maroons, who later continued their hill settlements,
resisted the English till late in the Eighteenth century, and are responsible

Posted November 24 2023 at 7:38 PM

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