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Gravestone of Abraham Pereira d’Azevedo
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The first Jewish community was established in Kingston, Jamaica by refugees from Spain and Portugal after 1492. This tombstone in the cemetery of She‘are Shalom Synagogue marks the grave of Abraham…

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Kingston, Great Britain (Kingston, Jamaica)

Date:

1722

Subjects:

Gravestones, Cemetery, Mourning, Economic life, Death

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Visual & Material Culture, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs, Inscriptions
Tombstone with Latin inscription on top half and illustration below of axe chopping tree in half, surrounded by English words around perimeter of stone.
Testament (Jamaica)
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In the name of God Amen I Judith Baruh Alvares of the parish of Port Royal in the island of Jamaica widow being in an ill state of health but of sound mind and disposing memory thanks be to my eternal…

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Judith Baruh Alvares

Places:

Port Royal, British America and the British West Indies (Port Royal, Jamaica)

Date:

1732

Subjects:

Will & testament, Inheritance, Finance, Charity, Women

Categories:

Law, Wills, Testaments & Bequests, Firsthand Accounts
Gravestone of Rachel Pereira
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Rachel Soares Pereira, who died in 1721 at the age of twenty-four, was married to Isaac Pereira. Floral motifs decorate the top of her gravestone, while the bottom panel contains a relief of a hand…

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Kingston, British America and the British West Indies (Kingston, Jamaica)

Date:

1721

Subjects:

Cemetery, Death, Sephardic, Refugees

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs, Decorative Arts
Tombstone with inscription in Hebrew and Portuguese above floral motifs and engraving of hand with an ax reaching out of cloud to chop down tree.
Testament (Jamaica)
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In the name of God, Amen. I Moses Cohen DeLara of the parish of Kingston in the Island of Jamaica aforesaid Merchant being sick in Body but of Sound memory and…

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Moses Cohen DeLara

Places:

Kingston, British America and the British West Indies (Kingston, Jamaica)

Date:

1749

Subjects:

Will & testament, Inheritance, Finance, Family, Slavery

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Wills, Testaments & Bequests
Plan for the Invasion of Jamaica to Emancipate Slaves and Interrogation Testimony to British Authorities Following His Arrest for the Plan to Emancipate Slaves in Jamaica
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“When the genie of liberty inspired me the noble project to carry to the English, our natural…

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Isaac Sasportas

Places:

Kingston, Great Britain (Kingston, Jamaica)

Date:

1799

Subjects:

Slavery, Rebellion, Emancipation, Race, Politics

Categories:

History, Historical Writing, Political Culture
Jamaica Cemetery, Gravestone Inscriptions
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Gravestone of honorable old lady Sra Rachel, wife of the wealthy citizen the honorable R. Jacob Fernandes Gill, deceased, seventh day of Passover, 22 Nisan 5486May her soul be…

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Jamaica, British America and the British West Indies (Jamaica)

Date:

17th and 18th Centuries

Subjects:

Gravestones, Cemetery, Burial, Mourning, Death

Categories:

History, Inscriptions, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs

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