Jamaican Till I Die!

So, I am reading a letter supposedly written in 1834 by Governor of Jamaica, Sligo and addressed to the Negro Population of Jamaica. Just amazing to me that the then Governor would write to slaves when he never made any attempt to teach them to read. But I suppose the slave master, if he was feeling kind enough would read it to them. The quality of the Image is not very good, so I will attempt to write a transcript of what I am reading and I will attach the document so you can read it for yourselves just in case I made any mistake. The eyesight is not what it used to. ?????? - Means I cannot make out the word    https://nationalarchives.gov.uk/caribbeanhistory/popups/slavery-negotiating-freedom/co137_192_46.htm Dear Friends , Our Good King, who was himself in Jamaica a long time ago, still thinks and talks a great deal about this island. He has sent me out here to take care of you, and to protect your rights but he has ordered me to see justice done to your owners and to pun

The Government General wears this medal every time he puts on the ceremonial uniform and yet the Jamaican in this black man was never outraged by the symbols he wears on his chest and what it represents. The British colonial system was very good at beating the self-worth out of us, “Anything too Black not too Good”. Brainwashing us to the point that we hated ourselves. We the Jamaican people have been culturally conditioned, stewed to subjugation perfection as we wear and display the symbols of our oppressors with pride, like a blasted badge of honour. They are Superior and Benevolent and we are Inferior and grateful for that Benevolence. Statues and Monuments The Jews would never have a statue of Hitler in the middle of Israel, yes, he is a part of their history, but he is not to be celebrated. The reason why people build statues and monuments, is to celebrate a person’s positive contribution to society and humanity. We do not build and/or maintain statues and monuments to peo