The Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) has taken an important step towards recognizing and honouring the brave men and women who fiercely fought against the brutal system of slavery and sacrificed their lives in the struggle. The organisation is constructing the first of several freedom monuments across the island in Montego Bay, St. James in [...]

The stereotype of the enslaved woman does not include the concept of her having enough money to lend to a white English planter. But that was Phibbah, an enslaved woman who worked on Egypt sugar plantation and Breadnut Island Pen in Westmoreland in the late 18th century. As is typical of many enslaved persons, her [...]

The house at Blenheim in which National Hero the Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante was born, will soon be officially reopened. The Jamaica National Heritage Trust is reconstructing the house with the assistance of a grant from the CHASE fund, following its destruction in a bush fire more than a year ago. The JNHT’s Estate [...]

From as early as nine in the morning, the buses started to rumble along the winding path to the Seville great house in St. Ann, transporting over 5,000 students and teachers to the Jamaica National Heritage Trust's (JNHT) annual heritage expo. The student came from schools across the 14 parishes of Jamaica, some as young [...]

Jamaica National Heritage Trust Programmes for National Heritage Week 2006 Monday, October 9 Launch of Lectures at Jamaica Conference Centre Topic: 'The role of Trade Unions in Nation Building' Guest Speaker: Senator Dwight Nelson: President, Jamaica Confederation of Trade Union 10:00 a.m. With the recent instability on the local labour scene, the Jamaica National Heritage [...]

The links between Jamaica and South Africa were further strengthened on Thursday, September 28, 2006 with the donation of a set of books by the South African High Commission to the Jamaica National Heritage Trust. The books, which cover a wide range of historical, social and political topics, were presented at a function in the [...]

Welcome to this the first in a series of bulletins on the IACA 2007 conference to be held in Kingston, Jamaica from July 23-27, 2007.  This is but one of several methods that the planning committee will use to keep you informed of the happenings as they relate to the conference. Please note the following: [...]

Kingston, Jamaica:-- Chairman of the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT), Professor Verene Shepherd has challenged the organization to erect a freedom wall at the Seville Heritage Park in St. Ann where the names of the African ancestors can be recorded. Professor Shepherd made this recommendation at the pre-emancipation symposium put on by the JNHT that [...]

Monday July 31, 2006 Seville Heritage Park St. Ann, Jamaica A Jamaica National Heritage Trust Event EVENT OVERVIEW The pulsating sounds of African drumming, the ritualistic chants of a Kumina session, bodies swaying in the cool St. Ann night air and the wonderful smells of freshly brewed coffee and Jamaican chocolate filling the air are [...]

Kingston, Jamaica:--The Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) and the St. Ann Parish Library in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Emancipation Jubilee cordially invites the public to a symposium on Sunday, July 30, 2006 at the St. Ann Parish Library on Windsor Road in St. Ann's Bay. The symposium, which is dubbed "Sounds of Freedom" [...]