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Episcopal Church, Buff Bay, Jamaica
Fallen brick and debris before the partially damaged Episcopal Church at Buff Bay, Portland.
Refugees camp in the Race Course after the earthquake Jan. 14, 1907
Tents erected at a refugee camp on the grounds of Race Course (now National Heroes Park) after the massive earthquake on January 14, 1907.
Mr. Borrowes, Garvey's godfather
Portrait of Marcus Garvey's godfather, Mr. Borrowes, wearing a hat, jacket and tie.
West India washer woman ca. 1779
Four West Indian washerwomen - one a mulatta - washing in the river. A child is among the women who are covered from the waist down in cloths and wearing wraps on their heads.
Chatoyer the chief of the black Charoibes in St. Vincent with his wives ca. 1773
Chief of the indigenous Black Caribs of St. Vincent, Chatoyer, with his two wives. One of the wives is walking with a load on her back while the other is standing by Chatoyer smoking tobacco with a sword in one hand.
A cudgelling match between English and French negroes in the island of Dominica ca. 1779
Men from two groups of black men - English and French - fight with sticks during a cudgelling match in Dominica. A man acting as 'referee' as well as two female bystanders are also captured.
Villagers merry-making in the island of St. Vincent with dancers and musicians, a landscape with huts on a hill ca. 1775
Painting of villagers from St. Vincent dancing and making music. Also shown are huts to the left and the hillside in the background.
John Canoe character
A man, dressed in costume for the John Canoe festival, balancing on two sticks.
