Did You Know There's a hidden African Cemetery Beneath One of Jamaica's Largest Markets?

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  • Опубликовано: 20 дек 2024

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  • @trudy-annbarracks6418
    @trudy-annbarracks6418 6 месяцев назад +43

    I love this channel you see. I love history! One of my favorite thing to do is read, research and talk about history. My friend asked me to start a history channel but I am too shy for this. Continue doing what you're doing! Your channel teaches us alot! ❤

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  6 месяцев назад +5

      Thank you so much, am Elated. I think you should start a history channel, plus me nuh think you shy like me. Thanks for watching, stay blessed.

    • @desmondgrant65
      @desmondgrant65 6 месяцев назад +1

      Queen Victoria was not crowned in 1938. She died in 1901.
      Redemption Ground Market on West Queen Street was the cemetery. During the construction the bodies were exhumed and transferred to the May Pen Cemetery. The KSAC at the time had to put in security measures to prevent obeahmen from stealing the bones during the transfer.
      Coronation. Market was opened in 1953 to commemorate the crowning of Queen Elizabeth.

    • @trudy-annsmall9600
      @trudy-annsmall9600 6 месяцев назад +2

      Hi Trudy-ann myself too is a history lover and applaud the wonderful research work this gentleman is doing while keeping us informed....❤🙏

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  6 месяцев назад +2

      @trudy-annsmall9600 Thank you so much, and thanks for watching

    • @desrinemorgan1414
      @desrinemorgan1414 2 месяца назад +1

      I heard about the cemetery in80s when i was selling there but not in do much detail. I didn't know they were African slaves. So sad,every lives matters​@EliteJamaica

  • @pearlsellars4330
    @pearlsellars4330 28 дней назад +1

    Wow! History.thank you for shearing your knowledge with us.
    My late mother from south St.Elizabeth was a vendor in this market in the late 40s- 50s spending 2-3 nights sleeping on what she called tomato boxes until she had sold her goods,she would travel on truck with others from our community to and frow from the market.
    A humble beginning but a necessity for all.
    Those souls must be at peace because i cant remember her telling any duppy stories.

  • @christinepage9811
    @christinepage9811 6 месяцев назад +49

    These are the things that should be thought in history classes.

    • @jazzymars30
      @jazzymars30 2 месяца назад +1

      Yes this should be Taught exactly my thought

    • @blessedone472
      @blessedone472 2 месяца назад

      Thanks for the proper spelling of both words when used to express the different sentiments.

    • @denisebailey1698
      @denisebailey1698 Месяц назад +2

      Our history is hidden

  • @My_Yout
    @My_Yout 6 месяцев назад +61

    Bro, it come in like seh a you alone know dem historical facts yah. I had NEVER heard of this. Please continue your research and continue to educate us. Thanks.

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  6 месяцев назад +8

      Thanks for watching bro, I think sometimes they purposely try to keep these things hidden from us.

    • @My_Yout
      @My_Yout 6 месяцев назад

      @@EliteJamaica there's no "thinking." They DO intentionally keep them hidden.

    • @raskdajah1159
      @raskdajah1159 6 месяцев назад +4

      😅him alone kno these things. They don't teach us this in school and I'm a trained teacher. This isn't in our curriculum 😮

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  6 месяцев назад +3

      @raskdajah1159 that's why I cover lesser known facts as with most videos on my channel

    • @raskdajah1159
      @raskdajah1159 6 месяцев назад

      @@EliteJamaica we appreciate you 🙏

  • @mystery5655
    @mystery5655 6 месяцев назад +26

    Jamaica's top historian. Always unearthing new information to enlighten viewers of our lesser known history.

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  6 месяцев назад +1

      Blessings Family and thanks for watching

  • @kennoybrown3946
    @kennoybrown3946 6 месяцев назад +22

    "The earth under us is really unknown" is very literal. Respect for shedding light on this history

  • @calligraphy4851
    @calligraphy4851 6 месяцев назад +33

    What?!?!? I learn something new everday.

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  6 месяцев назад +1

      Blessings, I am happy you learnt something new, please share. Thank you for watching

  • @juniormcclure139
    @juniormcclure139 6 месяцев назад +27

    Thanks..I learned some new JAMAICAN history

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  6 месяцев назад +1

      Blessings and thanks for watching

  • @donettahuggins2635
    @donettahuggins2635 5 месяцев назад +6

    I was just here! WOW did not know that!Such beautiful spirited ppl and a beautiful time I HAD! OMGORSH. “Vengeance is mine, I will repay saith the Lord”(Romans 12:19)

  • @elainecampbell9701
    @elainecampbell9701 6 месяцев назад +9

    Thank you for taking the time to share the lost HISTORY of JAMAICA 🇯🇲. 1❤

  • @Andrea-pg7ps
    @Andrea-pg7ps Месяц назад +1

    Thank you, this is real Jamaican history. I'm sure a lot of us are in history class. Thanks again!!

  • @bevhall2833
    @bevhall2833 6 месяцев назад +6

    What a great story.the government should make parts of the markets a m gardens so that the nations can visits
    Also these things should be taught in our schools that our history's .thank you for this l love history .

  • @health1st804
    @health1st804 2 месяца назад +2

    Sista Jessica your energy will nevah B forgotten.

  • @maudenaliburd4510
    @maudenaliburd4510 2 месяца назад +2

    This video has brought tears to my eyes.🙏🏾

  • @EliteJamaica
    @EliteJamaica  6 месяцев назад +12

    Thanks for your support, please share

    • @jeromefoster7134
      @jeromefoster7134 6 месяцев назад

      Were the Graves relocate

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  6 месяцев назад

      @jeromefoster7134 No I can't find any info to suggest that

  • @carolcapleton7956
    @carolcapleton7956 6 месяцев назад +14

    As usual very educational and interesting and entertaining thank you

  • @carmencetamalcolm1919
    @carmencetamalcolm1919 4 часа назад

    Alexx, we were there the other day. We walked through that beautiful market. We didnt know that it was once a cemetery. I love markets. Great reporting.
    Blessings always.🎉

  • @sylviagrant8130
    @sylviagrant8130 6 месяцев назад +6

    Thank you elite Jamaica 🇯🇲 for this history of Jamaica

  • @evertonvenair2362
    @evertonvenair2362 6 месяцев назад +13

    Alex, thank for teaching us about our ancestors and our Jamaica Island good to educating the massive elite Jamaica

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  6 месяцев назад

      Blessings everytime Everton, stay safe and thanks for watching

  • @EvadneyHyatt
    @EvadneyHyatt 2 месяца назад +4

    Skill is power

  • @kingjjmostwanted
    @kingjjmostwanted 6 месяцев назад +9

    I love these history lessons... Thank you!!!

  • @onestopculturaltoursja
    @onestopculturaltoursja 6 месяцев назад +3

    Thank you for sharing this information with us.
    I have been living in JA for over 4 years. I have family here and am a tour guide operating in Kingston. This information has never been conveyed to me, and i will do some additional research as I enjoy learning about our history and culture.
    I often draw on information/events put on by the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) and moreso, by the African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica (memory bank)
    I'd love to link up with you in Kingston. Whenever convenient, to explore other hidden gems of information.
    Thank you again 🇯🇲

  • @JohnnyJohnson-v7m
    @JohnnyJohnson-v7m 4 месяца назад +1

    I used to go as a teenager to coronation, triggerfoot& other markets in ksac,kgn.j.a ,st. Andrews,Great story

  • @reubenbrown6452
    @reubenbrown6452 6 месяцев назад +5

    There are many buildings over cemeteries, from commercial to private homes.Most recent is the old Choloria Cemetery, which now boast a new mall.There is also on Cumberland Road and the corner of
    white church Street sits a commercial building on what used to be a Cemetery.
    These practices existed all over the world.

    • @chariseh9524
      @chariseh9524 6 месяцев назад +1

      Used to walk through the cemetery on my way to Spanish Town Primary, now that spot is a supermarket. Wonder if it's haunted? 🤔

    • @errolstephenson8505
      @errolstephenson8505 6 месяцев назад

      Yes I remembered it some Spanish people buried there in the 1780 I saw head stone

  • @veronawint3179
    @veronawint3179 6 месяцев назад +1

    Good job love the true history. Learn something new about my jamaica.

  • @delroylawford3282
    @delroylawford3282 6 месяцев назад +3

    Thank you very much for educating us. I did not know about this at all. Please keep up the good work 👏

  • @clayongunzelle9555
    @clayongunzelle9555 6 месяцев назад +5

    Downtown is spooky place so I'm not surprised

  • @carmencetamalcolm1919
    @carmencetamalcolm1919 3 часа назад

    Thank you very much, Alexx.🎉

  • @colleenhenry-bs6ij
    @colleenhenry-bs6ij 2 месяца назад +1

    I remember going to Coronation Market, with my mom every Saturday, I never knew about this!!

  • @mariawood1951
    @mariawood1951 6 месяцев назад +3

    Well-informed content, thanks for sharing this important part of history. Our ancestors are smiling❤

  • @Jennifer-xt2no
    @Jennifer-xt2no 6 месяцев назад +4

    Thank you for the information in our history that is not taught to us.🙏

  • @brendabrown7803
    @brendabrown7803 6 месяцев назад +17

    Thanks again Alex for sharing , it makes my heart bleeds now we know how our people suffered 😢

  • @lenah4160
    @lenah4160 6 месяцев назад +9

    Thank you for this interesting information, when I was a young girl growing up in Jamaica 🇯🇲 I remembered going to Cornation Market and seeing a thombstone at the back of the market by the old train tracks in the Market it was a gambling spot where men use throw dice 🎲

    • @errolstephenson8505
      @errolstephenson8505 6 месяцев назад +2

      It's not train tracks it's trap car tracks that was public transportation

    • @lenah4160
      @lenah4160 Месяц назад

      I remember that tombstone 🪦 at the back of the Market where the men used to throw dice 🎲

    • @OppoleneChambers
      @OppoleneChambers 18 дней назад

      Could it be Tram cars ?..12-2-24​@@errolstephenson8505

  • @tb22k
    @tb22k 6 месяцев назад +9

    Love learning new things ❤

  • @queenmiserable9495
    @queenmiserable9495 6 месяцев назад +1

    This is fascinating and I didnt know this. Each one Teach one! 🙌🏾

  • @Elsa-e2z
    @Elsa-e2z 6 месяцев назад +3

    I believe u caz near the trsin statiin downtown on the side walk I saw two old headstones from the 1800

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  6 месяцев назад

      Thanks for that info, can you tell me when you saw these?

  • @JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts
    @JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts 6 месяцев назад +3

    Very interesting. Never heard of this history. Thank you! ❤🇯🇲

  • @jonathanlammie9975
    @jonathanlammie9975 Месяц назад

    verry intrested piece of jamaica history

  • @cynthiacatnott9012
    @cynthiacatnott9012 6 месяцев назад +5

    Thank you ! Never heard of this before.Not in my history classes.😮

  • @millicentdavis8559
    @millicentdavis8559 6 месяцев назад +2

    Good morning and thank u for the history on carnation market I didn't know all that more blessings

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  6 месяцев назад

      Blessings to you and thanks for watching, please share

  • @Bronzebk
    @Bronzebk Месяц назад

    If the ancestors are there, bless their Souls & glad their living descendants are keeping them company.

  • @warrengibbs6395
    @warrengibbs6395 28 дней назад

    respect Bro knowledge is so vital to a nation always intresting

  • @shashonnaclough3008
    @shashonnaclough3008 6 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you for sharing this historical information 🙏

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  6 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks for watching please share

  • @deebrown5744
    @deebrown5744 5 месяцев назад +1

    ELITE THX FOR THE HISTORY..

  • @donovanembden8737
    @donovanembden8737 6 месяцев назад +1

    Great job Elite. Excellently done. Keep up the work. Blessings !!

  • @charrgordon
    @charrgordon 6 месяцев назад +1

    Awesome work, very informative and interesting topic. Your Channel is great 👍

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  6 месяцев назад

      Thank you so much for your support and thank you for watching

  • @manleygreen5678
    @manleygreen5678 6 месяцев назад +5

    Thanks, more Historical Sites please!

  • @ashannielinton3209
    @ashannielinton3209 6 месяцев назад +2

    Tankh u very much for this information.

  • @jenf9272
    @jenf9272 6 месяцев назад +2

    Very interesting piece of history.

  • @altheawhyte2328
    @altheawhyte2328 6 месяцев назад +2

    Wow, thanks for this information!

  • @jenniferthompson1972
    @jenniferthompson1972 6 месяцев назад +3

    Johnathan grant high school also build on cemetery

  • @maureenrose4550
    @maureenrose4550 2 месяца назад +1

    Thank you sir. Well put

  • @latoyacoke1784
    @latoyacoke1784 6 месяцев назад +2

    I came up on your videos on night and from that I am in love and cant stop watching your channel

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  6 месяцев назад

      That's so motivating to hear, comments like these keep me going. Thanks for your support and thanks for watching

  • @normanbrown9225
    @normanbrown9225 6 месяцев назад +3

    THE THREE GREATEST THINGS TO KNOW IS; OUR HISTORY, KNOW THY SELF And TO THYNE OWN SELF BE TRUE❤

  • @JohnnyJohnson-v7m
    @JohnnyJohnson-v7m 4 месяца назад +4

    The african burial ground of nyc wall st.was unearthed during building a new skyscraper, we went there asap& stopped ✋️ the desecration of our ancestors, many were from jamaican & other caricom nations diaspora transatlantic slavetrade, we fought that battle & won,now known as african burial ground museum 👏

    • @keepitreal888-gnc
      @keepitreal888-gnc Месяц назад

      Imagine, not even a plaque is placed at the site to remember those unfortunately souls. Jamaica! There is so much I want to say! Disgusting!

  • @MereleneW
    @MereleneW Месяц назад

    Love this WOW🎉.

  • @cynthiawilliams2703
    @cynthiawilliams2703 6 месяцев назад +3

    Thank you for this information. Very interesting. Even though there are corrections in the comments, you had me locked.❤

  • @PCar-ff2vh
    @PCar-ff2vh 6 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks for sharing this interesting video ❤❤❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @KingGood66
    @KingGood66 6 месяцев назад +1

    Really Great Work Sir.

  • @annmckenzie1745
    @annmckenzie1745 6 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks Alex for this information. I have bern saying they need to rewrite the history of Jamaica. A lot have been hidden. But as my grandmother used to say ..what is hidden from the wise and prudent will be revealed to the babes and suckling. Thanks again Alex..

  • @fredwebb8633
    @fredwebb8633 6 месяцев назад +5

    My,father,carry,food,to,that
    Market,on,,truck,in,,50s,
    That ,l,was,8,YEAR S,
    I,HEARD,HE,SAYS,THESAME
    AS,WHAT,YOU,SAID ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @TheAnton35
    @TheAnton35 6 месяцев назад +7

    This is very interesting. Didn't know about this. However, there's an error concerning the year of Queen Victoria being crowned. She wasn't crowned in 1938. She was crowned in 1838.

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  6 месяцев назад +2

      Yes thats a mistake, it was suppose to be George iv

  • @hodgemoss
    @hodgemoss 6 месяцев назад +2

    I once knew a lovely Jamaican lady in London who was called Sadie Campbell may she rest in peace. She said she was a higgler in Coronation market Kingston Jamaica. She was a food seller . Small world! It’s wonderful to hear this history. A wonderful lady who was loved by all. Sadie you are gone but not forgotten.

  • @pamelarose9784
    @pamelarose9784 6 месяцев назад +2

    I used to go to Coranation Market with my grandmother back in the 1970ties. I hope i recall everything she told me. Coranation market, grass yard, and chigga foot market were on burial ground. Every time i go Jamaica, i go down there especially on Thursday mornings. Most of the time i go papine market which is a few minutes from where i stay. I grew up on Melrose ave and my grandmother and all 4 of us grandchildren would take the 52 or it was 54 JOS bus at 5:30 am to go market. Two of us grandchildren holding on to each side of her skirt. My grandmother was strong, had patience and tried to pass on whatever information she heard growing up.

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  6 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks for your feedback back and thanks for watching

    • @dubsounds
      @dubsounds 6 месяцев назад +3

      Yess maam. My granny travelled from Guy's Hill to Chigga foot market, back in late 60's /70's.
      Tell me sup'm. Did you granny keep her money knotted in a kerchief and stuffed in her bosom?

    • @iotahutchinson1482
      @iotahutchinson1482 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@dubsounds or the in the end of her tyehead

  • @abrahamsmith7336
    @abrahamsmith7336 6 месяцев назад +5

    I remember people would go to sell their products and all of a sudden would just drop dead a lot of people died in that market people who just went to sell their products and then after a while they don’t report how many more died I knew it was and still is a cemetry

  • @danieltaylor8910
    @danieltaylor8910 Месяц назад

    I heard about this coronation market was a cemetery when I was a little kid growing up in Western Kingston

  • @marvarobinson1576
    @marvarobinson1576 Месяц назад

    Mi love down a curry bad . Love this n share

  • @calligraphy4851
    @calligraphy4851 6 месяцев назад +9

    3:20 Sorry Alex but Queen Victoria died in Jan 1901.
    Her great grandson, George VI became King on December 11, 1936 after is brother, King Edward VIII, abdicated. Edward was King from Jan 1936 to December 1936 but his coronation never happened because a one bag a tings.
    King George VI, Edward's brother, was coronated on May 12, 1937

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  6 месяцев назад +2

      That was a mistake, it was suppose to be king george

    • @calligraphy4851
      @calligraphy4851 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@EliteJamaica ok. Bless up

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  6 месяцев назад +1

      @calligraphy4851 bless and thanks for pointing that out

    • @carolcox2840
      @carolcox2840 6 месяцев назад +1

      Re-.George v1..there is a building at the intersection of maxfield and Spanish twn rd near to .majestic. cinema with his name built in 1937

  • @joylinson9607
    @joylinson9607 6 месяцев назад +3

    Its the first that I am hearing this.

  • @sheronjohnson2041
    @sheronjohnson2041 6 месяцев назад +2

    Wow love this first im knowing this💯💯💯🙏

  • @truthhurts7469
    @truthhurts7469 Месяц назад

    Learnt something new today ❤

  • @blessedchildofgod9112
    @blessedchildofgod9112 6 месяцев назад +3

    thank you

  • @LeilaniThompson-x3n
    @LeilaniThompson-x3n 2 месяца назад +1

    I have known this for many years.

  • @JAESAYS876
    @JAESAYS876 6 месяцев назад +3

    Another solid video bro

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  6 месяцев назад +1

      Blessings Family, Thanks for watching

  • @dubsounds
    @dubsounds 6 месяцев назад +7

    Bwaai, stop tell anansi story. Yuh t'ink me fraid a duppy? Choh!
    Good content Sir.

  • @Elsa-e2z
    @Elsa-e2z Месяц назад

    I nelieve csz I saw couple hrsve stones in the side walk near the trsin line one day, the side walk was disintigrsting but they fixed it fast

  • @selvynwilliams2160
    @selvynwilliams2160 6 месяцев назад +3

    Thanks brother you are doing a great job by letting the remnant that's alive now that colonizers never have any love

  • @andriadeslandes6781
    @andriadeslandes6781 2 месяца назад

    Thanks for sharing

  • @KattahB
    @KattahB 6 месяцев назад +5

    From dust we come to dust we go.!

  • @oliverose1810
    @oliverose1810 5 месяцев назад +1

    Very interesting

  • @markstonecoldhudson
    @markstonecoldhudson 6 месяцев назад

    Great work my brother , u teach me something very important

  • @peterdawes9711
    @peterdawes9711 6 месяцев назад +3

    The best video I've seen from you, Alex.... Very well researched!

  • @sandyb1501
    @sandyb1501 Месяц назад

    Thank u for this history lesson because I live near an dats where I shop this is new to me maybe dats the reason why people always have to die in there

  • @gee2874
    @gee2874 6 месяцев назад +4

    I’m born and live in England and already knew this THANKS for bringing this to attention

  • @franceswallace3887
    @franceswallace3887 6 месяцев назад +5

    Did not know that,❤

  • @aundreamellado6112
    @aundreamellado6112 6 месяцев назад +2

    Grass yard was on spanish town Rd that area later becomes tiverley

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  6 месяцев назад +4

      The whole market was called grass yard, tivolli is different and was known as dungle

  • @robertjohnson5370
    @robertjohnson5370 6 месяцев назад +1

    Deep Knowledge and thank you for this presentation
    What is the History relative to the so called General Penitentiary
    May these Alkebulan Ancestors rest in Power
    Ase

  • @gillprescod4141
    @gillprescod4141 6 месяцев назад +2

    Nice video

  • @AnnetteDacosta
    @AnnetteDacosta 4 месяца назад

    Alex good morning I think you could visit the market one if these days and ask the vendors there if they noticed anything strange there in the market because some of these vendors sleep at the market so you could get their feed back from them the vendors

  • @Nadia-k9w
    @Nadia-k9w 6 месяцев назад

    Thats why back in the days certain time no bus would pick up on orange.you had to go pass north street up top are meet the bus on king street

  • @menahj80
    @menahj80 6 месяцев назад +1

    This is so interesting... Can you please tell where i can find out more info

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  6 месяцев назад

      The Jamaica archives, or the UK library

  • @glena.1681
    @glena.1681 Месяц назад

    Thank you.

  • @bridgetteduncan503
    @bridgetteduncan503 Месяц назад

    Grass yard was separate and apart from coronation market, I don’t know if they later merged but growing up we went to the market for provisions and grass yard for coal and fish.

  • @byronshepherd222
    @byronshepherd222 6 месяцев назад

    I didn't know anything about this and I study history. But thanks for the info.

  • @DavidJohnson-kq3lt
    @DavidJohnson-kq3lt 6 месяцев назад +1

    I never know about this until today. No wonder so many duppy deh a Kingston..and de a market.so I guess when you go a Cornation market a DUPPY u a buy fram

  • @sheronrobinson1544
    @sheronrobinson1544 5 месяцев назад

    Coronation market build on a ancestor cemetry, mayb that is why it was burn down some years ago if my memory serves me correct, WOW 😮

  • @marclodge2058
    @marclodge2058 6 месяцев назад +2

    Interesting

  • @genokunkupa3722
    @genokunkupa3722 6 месяцев назад

    Thanks for U''r hard work in researching U'r info. I'm one of u'r subscriber & appreciates such info immensely. However,, on this occasion, there is a mistake, as Victoria was crowned on 28th June 1838. Thanks nonetheless. Keep up the work. .

  • @HistoryKhethiwe
    @HistoryKhethiwe 6 месяцев назад +4

    Stop calling African “slaves” please say “ENSLAVED” our pple were not slave before they were taken into slavery

  • @ErrollBrown-ol3oi
    @ErrollBrown-ol3oi 6 месяцев назад

    Grass yard was also noted for the sale of fire wood, coal and grass.