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Resurrecting A Christmas Jamboree From December 27th 2016

Posted on December 20, 2025 by Caribbean Roots Canada

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Christmas Jamboree: 2016

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Morant Bay Triptych: Part 2: Thomas Girvan, Scotch Buckra

Posted on June 7, 2024 by Caribbean Roots Canada

Dialogue with the Dead

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A Moral Portrait of Thomas Girvan

In Morant Bay, Jamaica

October

1865

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Morant Bay Triptych: Part 1: Excerpts From the Eyre Commission: 1866

Posted on June 7, 2024 by Caribbean Roots Canada

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An Ancestor’s Part In

A Historical Event:

Thomas Girvan at

Morant Bay,

Jamaica,

1865

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Morant Bay Rebellion

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Travels in the Caribbean: Old Harbour Bay, Jamaica, 1950

Posted on September 17, 2022 by Caribbean Roots Canada

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Cousin Michelle’s Caribbean Cuisine

Posted on June 19, 2016 by Caribbean Roots Canada

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Michelle Head Shot

Cousin Michelle Ray of Old Harbour Bay

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Carnival In Port of Spain 3: Feb. 2015: To Norman

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Caribbean Roots Canada

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R.I.P: Our Distinguished Cousin

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Don’t cry because it’s over

Smile,

Because it happened!

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An Ordinary Death in a Remote Mountain Village: 1944, Kellits, Clarendon, Jamaica

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Caribbean Roots Canada

Memoirs of a Child

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Carnival in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Caribbean Roots Canada

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Updated January 31, 2014 from an essay done after witnessing Carnival in 2009

 Dedicated to Norman Girvan who opened our eyes, our hearts and our minds

To the beauty and the power of this display of

The collective soul of the

Caribbean.

 

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Emigration: Jamaica to U.S.A and Panama, Early 20th Century

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Caribbean Roots Canada

Graham Henry Sr.Circa 1945, 25 Years Old

Graham Henry Sr.Circa 1945, 25 Years Old

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A Brief Afterlife in Cyberspace

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Caribbean Roots Canada

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Ena Henry, Circa 1944

Ena Henry, Circa 1944

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