The FGSJ offers financial support to projects for the conservation and restoration of historic buildings, and seeks to stimulate an interest in and an appreciation of the value of Jamaica’s heritage. For instance, her quantitative analysis of 2000 parish register entries reveals a high rate of baptisms of children born out of wedlock, including many instances when both the father and mother were White islanders, which helps demonstrate attitudes to sex and marriage in Jamaica that diverged considerably from those either in Britain or in colonial North America. At 18 years old, the US-born midfielder Solai Washington is the youngest member of the squad and is one of the up-and-coming players to look out for at the World Cup. So the realistic aim for the team known for its stubborn determination and passion is to prove their doubters wrong by getting beyond the group stage.

Review of Walker, Christine, Jamaica Ladies: Female Slaveholders and the Creation of Britain's Atlantic Empire. A total of 10 percent of all slave owners in Jamaica were women, and nearly 80 percent of women who held any property owned enslaved Africans. It is possible that Keyhorne had first arrived in Kingston on board a slave ship from Africa, trafficked via the notorious transatlantic Middle Passage. Pacatte is a doctoral candidate and School of Arts and Sciences Excellence Fellow in the Department of History at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Still in high school going into her senior year, Washington first joined the setup at a camp in Florida this year and hasn’t looked back.The 6ft striker’s physicality and speed of thought had set her up for a dazzling career from a young age – aged 14 she played for Jamaica’s under-15, under-17 and under-20 teams.

Many women, including women of color, benefitted from slavery and played significant roles in the development of a lucrative and exploitative British colonial world. Forged from a partnership between a university press and a library, Project MUSE is a trusted part of the academic and scholarly community it serves. Port Royal, and Jamaica, began to flourish because female colonists, [End Page 217] like their male counterparts, took part in the subjugation of Black people for economic advancement. Access options Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. Transfer Shield is just one way that Kitbag shows our commitment to serving football fans worldwide.There have been bumps on the road, however, and in 2010 the women’s programme as well as the women’s Olympic programme were disbanded by the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF). Women's football in Jamaica started with the founding of the Jamaican Women's Football association (founded by Andrea Lewis, its first president) in 1987. Chapter 4 challenges this view with its discussion of equity—an alternative set of procedures to common law that were designed to shield individual property rights—and marriage settlements. When white men died, their close female relatives–whether white, black, or mulatto–could inherit property, especially enslaved people.