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  • Опубликовано: 21 фев 2018
  • Seaford Town is a settlement located in the parish of Westmoreland in Jamaica. It is located on the westernmost side of the island. It is commonly known as "German Town," due to the settlement of the area by Germans in approximately 1835.
    Source : JBC Seaford Town Documentary from 1980s (Hill and Gully Rider)
    #Jamaicanhistory #GermanJamaicans #Jamaicatravel

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  • @ronnygraskopf1486
    @ronnygraskopf1486 3 года назад +148

    Very interesting film. My ancestors moved from Germany to Jamaica in 1837. Their names were Heinz Heinrich Siegfried Grosskopf and Catharina Grosskopf. As the 4th generation in Jamaica, my great-great-grandfather George Filipe Groskopf moved too the United States and ended up in Norway in 1914, where he found a wife and settled down. We are now Norwegians.

    • @davidetralli5795
      @davidetralli5795 2 года назад +17

      Wow what a joruney, thanks for sharing your family story with us :) ps Why did they move from Germany to Jamaica?

    • @ronnygraskopf1486
      @ronnygraskopf1486 2 года назад +13

      @@davidetralli5795 Promises of a better life and land to own and make a living on is properly the short answer.

    • @davidetralli5795
      @davidetralli5795 2 года назад +4

      @@ronnygraskopf1486 thanks for answering

    • @danfield6030
      @danfield6030 2 года назад +4

      Weird story. From the Tropics to the North

    • @lilyummy3371
      @lilyummy3371 2 года назад +2

      Did he go to Norway to escape the draft maybe ?

  • @MrCoxson
    @MrCoxson Год назад +21

    So fascinating. I´m german (living in germany). In Germany NO ONE knows anything about Seaford Town and the german descendents living there! Excellent. Danke und auf wiedersehen :-)

  • @Lilly-ud6qs
    @Lilly-ud6qs 5 лет назад +144

    Jamaicans in the diaspora really do need to take their learned skills back home and help lift the country economically.

    • @sharonsimon7793
      @sharonsimon7793 5 лет назад +5

      What’s wrong with you people, that’s why our motto is out of many one people, we consist of all kinds of nationalities, we have Chinese Jamaicans, we have Syrian Jamaicans, we have Jewish Jamaicans we have Indian Jamaicans , we have black Jamaicans just to mention a few me I am Indian, Jewish,black and Portuguese and Scottish Jamaican

    • @Lilly-ud6qs
      @Lilly-ud6qs 5 лет назад +22

      @@sharonsimon7793 You sound like an incoherent fool who lacks serious comprehension skills.Where in my comment did I mention any specific ethnicity?.I was purely talking about work skills.I have no idea why you felt the need to include your admixture into this conversation as it isn't relevant to the said subject.I'm well aware of the motto,you seem to be under the assumption that I'm not from Jamaica,silly woman.

    • @sharonsimon7793
      @sharonsimon7793 5 лет назад +1

      Oh I sound like an incoherent fool, my lovely, lovely lovely lady you can kiss my big fat yellow swift river Portland JAMAICAN ASS have a lovely lovely day

    • @Lilly-ud6qs
      @Lilly-ud6qs 5 лет назад +10

      @@sharonsimon7793 I can see that you suffer from the great affliction of having a low intellect,it's quite amusing actually.Please get the help which you so desperately need Sharon and stop embarrassing yourself.

    • @thatgirl1704
      @thatgirl1704 4 года назад +19

      Sharon Simon but he said nothing bad about anyone. And out of many one people is a trash motto because it is not true. The face of Jamaica are black people because the majority of the population is black.

  • @simplifiedbeauty2691
    @simplifiedbeauty2691 6 лет назад +118

    My great grand dad came from Germany too...so I have got to love both sides...God bless them and God bless Jamaica...such a pity the crime rate is so high now...but I pray that peace, love and Joy will be restored...and that one day, everyone will be able to walk the streets freely and fearlessly!

    • @marciastewart6578
      @marciastewart6578 4 года назад +5

      You can, however, as in my earlier post leave jewelry at home.

    • @TheDarkDresser
      @TheDarkDresser 4 года назад +1

      @@marciastewart6578
      Do you mean that literally?

    • @marciastewart6578
      @marciastewart6578 4 года назад +2

      @@TheDarkDresser ABSOLUTELY. Gold can stay home. Fashion jewelry and silver - great.

    • @TheDarkDresser
      @TheDarkDresser 4 года назад +1

      @@marciastewart6578
      I think you mean that I should leave my gold jewelry at home (the country I'm currently living), but it's OK to bring my costume and silver jewelry with me.
      Costume jewelry yes, but I would not bring my sterling silver (925) either, although the value is less than gold, it still has some value.

    • @novlynwhite3457
      @novlynwhite3457 3 года назад +2

      Why live both sides and not just love people? There is much more than two sides.

  • @ptseti
    @ptseti 4 года назад +59

    One has to visit Seaford Town to experience the history and then suddenly the entire story will become real right before your eyes. Its an incredible place- the people are mixed , blue eyes, blond hair and when thry speak they are distinctively Jamaican .

    • @janinafisher101
      @janinafisher101 2 года назад +4

      Next visit home I would love to go to Seaford Town. Grew up in Kingston and still don't know a lot of the island. Out of many, one people fi true!

    • @maisieburrell1549
      @maisieburrell1549 2 года назад +4

      So tell people who are racist to come to jamaica and experience indians blacks and whites living as it should be out of many one people. There is only one human race

    • @marciaburtongordon5028
      @marciaburtongordon5028 2 года назад +1

      @@maisieburrell1549 you are so right God created the human race, not races, it is time that we get it right

    • @truthispower795
      @truthispower795 2 года назад +4

      @@maisieburrell1549 please stop spreading this delusion..not just because different races are in Jamaica doesn't mean..colorism , prejudice and racism doesn't exist because it does

    • @mosesthomas3976
      @mosesthomas3976 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@maisieburrell1549 so true i feel like people from america dont have a good history so when they hear the multiracial of jamaica. they just dont get it. to me thats why i love jamaica, my grandma and other relatives look like the 4 races

  • @terry5742
    @terry5742 6 лет назад +81

    I'm Jamaican, and to watch this made me think, "they forgot to tell us that some of us have German blood running through our veins" it's just wrong that school forgot this in our history books. Any how, I am very happy and proud to know we are after all, "Out of many, one people". Very educational.

    • @rarab22
      @rarab22 5 лет назад +9

      I did my Ancestry DNA... I'm 4% Germany/Western Europe 1% Italian... I had about 2%British Irish whales... I was shocked to hear Germany... I've never been educated about Germans in Jamaica either. Now my DNA makes sense lol

    • @AbeJacoby
      @AbeJacoby 5 лет назад +9

      Why are you proud that you have German blood running through your veins????

    • @acematthew01
      @acematthew01 5 лет назад

      Bern Bern is something wrong with having German blood? please do explain.

    • @annmariebusu9924
      @annmariebusu9924 4 года назад +7

      Terry Adell I think you would have been told. They mostly kept to themselves and not spread out. If you have white blood it will more likely be Irish Scottish or English. Anything else your family would tell you.

    • @kgbmg9318
      @kgbmg9318 2 года назад +4

      Stop begging...no German blood in nothing 😤😤😤go read more books 😴😴

  • @Mimi-zh7wc
    @Mimi-zh7wc 5 лет назад +83

    I was born (1960s) and raised in England to a Jamaican mother and American father. I've only been to Jamaica once, but have recently become fascinated by the history of my mother's island. Thank you!

    • @abrahamisaacmuciusiii691
      @abrahamisaacmuciusiii691 5 лет назад +1

      What is father's race?

    • @marciastewart6578
      @marciastewart6578 4 года назад +5

      I have family in England too. They make it 'home' every 10 years or so. Have no fear (but leave expensive jewelry in England - no temptation). I return annually with lots of fashion jewelry. I ho everywhere. Downtown Kingston to the Craft Market or restaurants. Whether or not I'll go this year is questionable...

    • @claramiller1546
      @claramiller1546 4 года назад +2

      Yes it's lovely place it be even better if we could return and bill the country but they just kill return ers

    • @symonezelkin4843
      @symonezelkin4843 4 года назад +4

      My parents retired back to Jamaica in 2014 (I live in the UK) and I never tire of the place, people or food! Only thing I struggle with is the heat so I try to travel in their ‘winter’ months ❤️

    • @Lifestylewithjada
      @Lifestylewithjada 3 года назад

      Eeeh the u born just after slavery done and jamaica gain independence u old man💀💀💀

  • @TheMohanroache
    @TheMohanroache 3 года назад +88

    I’ve lived two lives, in Jamaica n in America, America is great, but Jamaica’s nurturing is unmatched. America would be greater if their kids were raised by Jamaican principles

    • @protectedearthempress3986
      @protectedearthempress3986 2 года назад +7

      That's true 20 yrs ago. It's the same thing everywhere u go now. Most Jamaicans embody their cultural interests/beliefs more than Americans do. Those of us raised in the 90s and prior teach our children what our ancestors taught us. Manners and respect went instinct after that.Unfortunately Jamaica has become so modernized trying to impersonate America and the result is Jamaican kids who talk to their parents like Americans do...sad

    • @soloking8976
      @soloking8976 2 года назад +2

      America is a CONTINENT where ties are stronger

    • @xZigZagg
      @xZigZagg 2 года назад +3

      America ain't great

    • @freebird5215
      @freebird5215 2 года назад +3

      i am canadian... and i have heard this from other people... is Jamaican a Christian country?

    • @BelladoniusMonk
      @BelladoniusMonk 2 года назад

      @@freebird5215 Yes, Jamaica is so Christian that it's national anthem is a prayer. However, Jamaica's dirt is just as dirty as America's dirt. If Jamaica is good on the left and evil on the right, then America is good on the right and evil on the left. It all balances out.

  • @oscargenius28
    @oscargenius28 5 лет назад +142

    jamaica is home to so many nation hence the motto "out of many one people" god bless mi country iyah.

    • @digitaljulesw3875
      @digitaljulesw3875 4 года назад +4

      Stop worshiping non blacks.

    • @tudormiller8898
      @tudormiller8898 4 года назад +1

      But most media outlets refer to Jamaica as a black country.

    • @tudormiller8898
      @tudormiller8898 4 года назад +2

      Not much difference from white south Africans.

    • @tudormiller8898
      @tudormiller8898 4 года назад +3

      @Legba daniels Why are you so angry with the white race ?

    • @TheDarkDresser
      @TheDarkDresser 4 года назад +7

      @Legba daniels
      The vibe I get by reading some of these comments is that it seems that many black Jamaicans still put whites on a pedestal.
      Their fawning comments display a sense of pride that whites speak patois, just as they do, and that Jamaica's population includes whites, as if that gives Jamaica a certain cachet, when there's nothing really spectacular about either, since we were all born in Jamaica.
      But, for some reason they see it as such. I really don't understand it. They are not even aware of their bias.
      It reminds me of some blacks who are quick to point out that they're part Indian, Irish, etc, but doesn't have the same pride in claiming the part of them that is African, or they are obsessed with colorism.

  • @karlaiken6152
    @karlaiken6152 5 лет назад +74

    Interesting and now historic video as some of these people are gone now. We need to do more videos of our country towns and villages so they record what went on now. One day it will be historic in value. Trust me. I salute the Kamekas, Wedemeyers and the Sommers families with whom I have connections through marriage. God bless Seaford Town and its people.

  • @fil_britbunnyboi872
    @fil_britbunnyboi872 5 лет назад +146

    I'm Filipino and one of my best mates is half Jamaican half English. She made the best curry goat I've ever had!

    • @sanjaypalmer8548
      @sanjaypalmer8548 4 года назад +2

      Great

    • @badsave-tv3569
      @badsave-tv3569 4 года назад +6

      Lol 🇯🇲❤️🇯🇲

    • @Melanin_Move
      @Melanin_Move 4 года назад

      😁❤️

    • @paulsimpson8255
      @paulsimpson8255 4 года назад +1

      My mum's husband was a black paquio the boxer his dad was filipino

    • @fil_britbunnyboi872
      @fil_britbunnyboi872 3 года назад +1

      @@cramcrams7741 I'm homo sapien of austro- malay ancestry and one of my best mates is homo sapien of West African and Anglo Saxon origins. She made the best curry goat I've ever had!
      Rephrased it for you. Happy?

  • @dankrock
    @dankrock 3 года назад +19

    Beautiful to see humans all working together no matter what they look like

  • @dacia_did_that1412
    @dacia_did_that1412 4 года назад +31

    This is so interesting to listen n watch to learn about Jamaica's diverse nation. "Out of many one people". Proud to be a Jamaican!

  • @InthelifeofDanellejam
    @InthelifeofDanellejam 4 года назад +25

    This is the Jamaica we need 😀. I miss it so much 😔

    • @TheEchoingPen
      @TheEchoingPen 3 года назад +2

      Me too. I moved back here in 2019 and that Jamaica is gone. Going to visit Seaford Town to see if any culture there and maybe move back there.

  • @khadineevita
    @khadineevita 6 лет назад +57

    I remember watching Hill and Gully Ride with my Grandma, when I was a child.

  • @kaiimahkai3066
    @kaiimahkai3066 6 лет назад +45

    Wow ! This programme was part of my childhood growing up... thanks for having me revisit apart of what is Jamaica historical viewing programme.

    • @mwenvlay
      @mwenvlay 5 лет назад +1

      yep, i loved hill and gully ride!

  • @jermainebrown7634
    @jermainebrown7634 5 лет назад +135

    Seeing these Jamaicans of German descent goes to show it's more cultural than genetic origin. They are Jamaican through and through

    • @edieselentertainment
      @edieselentertainment 4 года назад +5

      Yeah really? That explains the mistreatment of non white people globally. It must be a cultural thing right?

    • @p.w.7493
      @p.w.7493 4 года назад +9

      @ Jermaine Brown
      True, but we have to remember that race has nothing to do with nationality. If it did, we would not as a nation, be able to have so much diversity yet so much in common!! In other words, we are inherently more than the color of our skin!!!💯

  • @markfrazer2787
    @markfrazer2787 6 лет назад +34

    never stop in seafood Town but pass true am in montego bay ,, all my family is from Montpelier love you all 🇯🇲 🇯🇲. 🇯🇲 🇯🇲 Jamaica people nice

  • @xtotalrx
    @xtotalrx 4 года назад +17

    Ironic as a child I hated Hill and Gully Ride, as it meant cartoons were over...as an adult I would now LOVE access to their entire library!

  • @joypatrick108
    @joypatrick108 6 лет назад +138

    This video puts a smile.😊 on my face. Again the motto 'Out of many we are one'. We have so many different nationalities in beautiful Jamaica.

    • @miragebeautysupply894
      @miragebeautysupply894 6 лет назад +27

      What is wrong with you racist? The Germans came to Jamaica as indentured servents. Most escaping hard life in their Homeland. Black people aren't the only people enslavrd. We need to leave that racist crap to the Americans.

    • @gerald6919
      @gerald6919 6 лет назад +4

      out of slavery didn't create one people.

    • @audreyhope7200
      @audreyhope7200 6 лет назад +7

      +Maritza Piccarillo not every one is nasty .as a matter of fact every country have nasty people so don't make it look like it's only Jamaican .and lots of other big country have lots more nastier people than Jamaican.

    • @KaixMiles
      @KaixMiles 6 лет назад

      @KT KLT how you no so kmt

    • @astorm215
      @astorm215 6 лет назад +6

      That's the oldest trick in the world they interbred so they have claims to the land. They did it everywhere it tells you who the immigrants are they switch places with us now they have the lands and we have religion.

  • @truvico
    @truvico 4 года назад +18

    When Basil died I felt it real hard... There's no program on TV (except Time Travel by Johnny Daley) that teaches and reinforce our island's history.

  • @alexandrayellop1685
    @alexandrayellop1685 2 года назад +14

    This is incredibly informative, thank you so much for uploading this rich history! My grandmothers people come from Catadupa, just over from Seaford and my ex-partners family from Lambs River, in the other direction. Passing through Seaford "German Town" is quite surreal, it signifies that we really are one of many! And that we all share a complex and layered history. Jamaica is so precious

    • @mosesthomas3976
      @mosesthomas3976 11 месяцев назад +1

      OMG My family is from cambrige, its near catadupa wow

  • @AnneMarie-dt1nf
    @AnneMarie-dt1nf 5 лет назад +52

    Why are people always making stupid negative comments when people are trying to live and work together in harmony . Every thing is about colour and race .

    • @someone-wf6nx
      @someone-wf6nx 4 года назад +4

      Because that's how the world is when it involves us black People.

    • @BKL63PRODUCTIONS
      @BKL63PRODUCTIONS 4 года назад +1

      Haven’t seen any bad comment yet but your true, some ppl turn everything into race..

    • @gennisparry4352
      @gennisparry4352 4 года назад +2

      Jamaican people don’t know anything about race or racism. Know about it in America.

    • @Loveamericasave
      @Loveamericasave 4 года назад +1

      @@gennisparry4352 that's because America is mostly a caucasian country,Jamaica is mostly African heritage country,use commen sense before making stupid comments 🙄

    • @misterlexx2721
      @misterlexx2721 2 года назад

      We are not Americans! We are Jamaicans. I am an Indian descent Jamaican who knows nothing about my ancestors culture but all I know is my Jamaican culture.

  • @tahjayulett8001
    @tahjayulett8001 5 лет назад +25

    My grandpa was a German baker from lamb's river ( a settlement close to Seaford town) I've been there as well as Seaford town, bethel town and Cambridge

  • @mstash8074
    @mstash8074 4 года назад +17

    When he say the ppl are very friendly I felt that to heart. Our history is sad and still up to this day many of us are still suffering 😥😭

  • @ShouinGN
    @ShouinGN 6 лет назад +82

    Nostalgia! Sunday evenings and Hill and Gully Ride.

    • @Dwhitebling718
      @Dwhitebling718 4 года назад +3

      Was thinking the same thing lol. Every Sunday evening this was a must watch for my family. I'm sure I've seen this one before but it was good to refresh my memory.

    • @yazziekeem7312
      @yazziekeem7312 4 года назад

      It's still a thing in 2019 I remember watching it

    • @jessejames8701
      @jessejames8701 4 года назад +1

      Yes couldn't miss the very informative program, every Sunday religiously.

    • @pablonigma9252
      @pablonigma9252 4 года назад

      Tvj or CVM

    • @jessejames8701
      @jessejames8701 4 года назад +2

      It used to be on JBC, which is now TVJ.

  • @simsimma9622
    @simsimma9622 5 лет назад +23

    As a white American who has been to JA three times, I would love to go to Seaford Town! I have never stayed at a hotel in JA, and have stayed from Duhaney Park to the Orange Hills to near Fern Gully. I would love to see this area first hand. Maybe one day!!!

  • @alainayoung3686
    @alainayoung3686 2 года назад +8

    From this video it is clear that there were some excellent social programmes in Seaford Town back in the day to improve the lives of the residents of the community and surrounding areas…… my family is from the neighbouring community of Lambs River and I have always been facinated the history of Seaford Town. I really learnt a lot from this video

  • @evettburke9555
    @evettburke9555 5 лет назад +21

    This part of History is so important to me. I always wonder about my grandparents of whom were Germans my grand mother especially. I have yet to do a full DNA test. I was born Jamaican by a mother that came from a German mother. Thank you for sharing.

    • @Lilly-ud6qs
      @Lilly-ud6qs 5 лет назад +5

      My Grandfather was German,our family is from Westmoreland.I took an Ancestry DNA test a couple of years ago and found lots of cousins (still placed in Germany) on there.

  • @donvettepalmer2466
    @donvettepalmer2466 5 лет назад +51

    My grandfather’s ancestors came to Jamaica from Scotland and my grandmother’s ancestors were slaves. It brings back sweet memories. Indeed this Substantiate our motto, “Out of Many One People”.

    • @paulsimpson8255
      @paulsimpson8255 4 года назад

      What is your second name

    • @donvettepalmer2466
      @donvettepalmer2466 4 года назад +1

      Paul Simpson my grandfather last name was Allen.

    • @paulsimpson8255
      @paulsimpson8255 4 года назад +1

      Yes my grandmother was called ruby Douglas my mum's mother there from Scotland 😍

    • @cy2funny815
      @cy2funny815 3 года назад

      So do I met my grandfather, think he is from Scotland

    • @Lifestylewithjada
      @Lifestylewithjada 3 года назад

      Yes scottish people also arrived in Jamaica in slavery too

  • @nicholaswilliams5915
    @nicholaswilliams5915 6 лет назад +49

    My Great Grandfather was a German and he came from Seaford Town, so its really cool seeing this.

    • @shenicasalmon9937
      @shenicasalmon9937 5 лет назад +6

      I agree I was born there...I am from German descend

    • @abrahamisaacmuciusiii691
      @abrahamisaacmuciusiii691 5 лет назад +2

      Did your German ancestor married a White or Black Jamaican?

    • @mawdyardie
      @mawdyardie 4 года назад

      I'am German Jamaican so I found my People

    • @sharonb671
      @sharonb671 4 года назад +3

      I’m looking for my Deeble family who are part jamaican part german. My great father was german, a priest. Please if anyone comes in contact with a Deeble let me know 😊🙏🏾💚💚💚

    • @nicholaswilliams5915
      @nicholaswilliams5915 4 года назад

      What's there surname?

  • @sparklingwellnessandbeauty
    @sparklingwellnessandbeauty 4 года назад +14

    I thoroughly enjoyed this video. My great, great father was German who also lived in Seaford Town. As I watched this video, I can't help but wonder if I am related to the Germans who were featured on this documentary. It surely warmed my heart just watching it. Thanks for this video.

    • @BelladoniusMonk
      @BelladoniusMonk 2 года назад

      Hey cousin 😅 Just playing ..

    • @kennethhacker3014
      @kennethhacker3014 7 месяцев назад

      I been trying to find out when my great grandfather came to America my last name is Hacker .my research has me looking in Jamaica... maybe they left Jamaica and arrived in America in the late 18s or Early 19th century..thank you

  • @StNovaSt
    @StNovaSt 5 лет назад +151

    I see white people but when they talk, I hear my family from country. Blouse and skirt! Language is truly the great equalizer.

    • @az0963818
      @az0963818 4 года назад +4

      I know. They talk like straight up black country Jamaicans, especially the last guy. He sounds like my moms' side of the family, it's astonishing.

    • @errolnicholson4302
      @errolnicholson4302 4 года назад +8

      There are from Germany. They have to escape the war in there country. They travel by ship and they end up in Jamaica and now they are known as Germaicans.

    • @TM-se5jf
      @TM-se5jf 4 года назад +20

      Smh...they are Jamaicans just like when Africans came and became Jamaicans. Hence we all speak the language

    • @jazmar0822
      @jazmar0822 4 года назад +17

      @@az0963818 wow you are astonished that Jamaicans speak Patois. Are you also astonished that black people of African ancestry speak French when they are born and raised in France?

    • @az0963818
      @az0963818 4 года назад +9

      @@jazmar0822 Don't be a smart ass please. I'm actually from a French speaking part of the world and no. I'm not astonished by French speaking black people, because I'm one of them!! Oops! Lol, ;) Let's not act like Germans speaking Patois is anywhere as common as Africans speaking French please -_-

  • @adailydaughter6196
    @adailydaughter6196 4 года назад +14

    I love how people just find a way to live...grow, buy a weighing system and sell. Even when sometimes so poor how people make the best out of a situation...many people do amazing things when given the opportunities others take for granted. It's inspirational! This is really interesting. Appreciate you posting :)

  • @empressjoolz
    @empressjoolz 5 лет назад +28

    One day wen mi win di millions a wah jus guh bak home as I do nw..lol and jus help my people's and build build build different organizations yu nuh..lol chu fi real my truth...🇯🇲😘❤

    • @BedStuyBro
      @BedStuyBro 5 лет назад +3

      Build your future for you and your family. Jamaicans are doing well. Trust me. Lol. Trust me.

  • @ryandavidson75
    @ryandavidson75 5 лет назад +36

    Omg I love Ritas accent German and Jamaican at the same time...god....

    • @boratsagdiyev1586
      @boratsagdiyev1586 4 года назад +7

      All i hear is German and i think every German agrees.

    • @testingsomething5280
      @testingsomething5280 4 года назад +5

      @@boratsagdiyev1586 Obviously If you're not Jamaican you wouldn't hear the slight Jamaican accent...

    • @boratsagdiyev1586
      @boratsagdiyev1586 4 года назад +1

      ​@@testingsomething5280 According to that logic nobody can recognize a Jamaican accent except Jamaicans ? Bullshit.
      if you put her in a Berlin she'd be considered a local.

    • @darynbrown7001
      @darynbrown7001 4 года назад +1

      That's just English in a very German accent

    • @danielleporter1829
      @danielleporter1829 4 года назад +2

      @@testingsomething5280 I hear a slight Jamaican accent and I'm not Jamaican

  • @eugenielee3643
    @eugenielee3643 5 лет назад +17

    My husband's family is of German descent too. They were located in Manchester but later resettled in Trelawny

  • @jimmywhitely6648
    @jimmywhitely6648 3 года назад +19

    The little boy he so nervous because he stole something off the people dem property it seems like it off Ida Hackers property because as soon as he was ask if he knows her he got extremely nervous.

    • @anderslarson6813
      @anderslarson6813 Год назад +1

      That boy Albert Brown, looks like he could be part of my dad's side family from Seaford Town

    • @firstclass3736
      @firstclass3736 Год назад

      It could be because of inbreeding which often caused their offspring to be blind or dumb

    • @melissapowellwright3097
      @melissapowellwright3097 2 месяца назад

      😂😂

  • @skaneverdies
    @skaneverdies 3 года назад +6

    Where my wife grew up. It's a very special place, frozen in time for better or worse.

  • @tsouful
    @tsouful 3 года назад +6

    This used to be my favourite show when I was a kid. Hill and Gully Ride

  • @eltonbrown2344
    @eltonbrown2344 5 лет назад +32

    Lovely stories. Good people. Life is hard for us all. All men are equal. But hard work unity and determination make the difference

  • @andrasfeher7795
    @andrasfeher7795 4 года назад +13

    I really like this documentary, the only problem I have is the label ‘lost’ being applied to Seaford Town many times here and elsewhere. As with most areas of rural Jamaica they are not rich, but stuck by to make their community one of the best pinapplr farming communities in the country.

  • @lionjklwlf
    @lionjklwlf 4 года назад +151

    When I hear these Germans speak, I don't see white. I see and hear my fellow islanders.

    • @yvonneb3074
      @yvonneb3074 4 года назад +21

      They are Jamàicans

    • @santosshalom564
      @santosshalom564 4 года назад +17

      @@yvonneb3074
      You are incredibly wrong. They are not Jamaicans but Germans descendants who migrated to Jamaica. That's like if my parents migrated to Japan and I was born there and I married a Black woman who parents had migrated to Japan. It doesn't make me Japanese nor my children if born there. We would be Black Jamaicans who were born in Japan, but never Japanese, only by nationality.

    • @malakyahmalla8009
      @malakyahmalla8009 4 года назад +8

      @Bondye Supreme u r wrong! I have a friend from Seaford Town and he is yawd man straight! No holier than thou attitude among his family.

    • @ChocolateMelanin
      @ChocolateMelanin 4 года назад +4

      mark daniels ... cha, they need to leave Jamaica 🇯🇲 they are NOT our people 😡

    • @malakyahmalla8009
      @malakyahmalla8009 4 года назад +7

      @Bondye SupremeI see you are quick to embrace pseudo American terms coined by hypocritical 'civil-rights' and Political activists to keep people divided on the premise of their skin colour without substance. Before you play the race card, please research Benin, Oyo, and Dahomey to see how and where Slavery began. And as it pertains to 'my friend' and 'white priveledge', he was only on the receiving end of such treatment from fellow-Jamaicans like ourselves (girls mostly) who were innately uncomfortable in their own skin and supposed that a lighter skin tone meant better. Does slavery exist? Yes, but on both sides of the coin: blacks and whites! Moreover, if you are somebody who travels or resides overseas, you would know that the hispanics are among the world's most racists sects! Blessings!

  • @cliffordjohnson87
    @cliffordjohnson87 6 лет назад +84

    Need to know more about my country live a Jamaica and dont even know these places

    • @Cubanflowers
      @Cubanflowers 6 лет назад +9

      sweetie hi.. you are not alone.. there are so many Jamaicans.. who never even went to town.... KINGSTON!.... 1 day.. in their life!... be blessed

    • @jamaicanwash6667
      @jamaicanwash6667 5 лет назад +4

      Every Jamaican regardless of race sound alike...white; black; chinese;etc all talk alike!

    • @cognitionup5211
      @cognitionup5211 5 лет назад +3

      If you have a car, that you should get out there more.

    • @BedStuyBro
      @BedStuyBro 5 лет назад +3

      @@cognitionup5211 Ha! A car? I rode a bike 15 miles up the mountains to Seaford and, YES, even Pisgah.
      It keeps an old man young.

    • @misterlexx2721
      @misterlexx2721 2 года назад

      I am from Westmoreland. I saw the diversity of racial ancestry at Manning's High School when I was a student back in the day. There were African descent, Indian descent, Chinese descent, European descent and mix races of the above.🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

  • @kurt1123
    @kurt1123 5 лет назад +42

    Alot of negative comments about crime in Jamaica... but crime is everywhere, u having mass shootings in America every week where innocent ppl are killed, i've never heard or seen any case of mass shootings in Jamaica or police pulling over someone and murder them. Yet we are going

  • @mrs.cracker4622
    @mrs.cracker4622 5 лет назад +15

    That was very interesting. Thank you so much for sharing it!

  • @barbietimmermans4141
    @barbietimmermans4141 6 лет назад +52

    My father was full German and my mother is full Jamaican. I really miss Jamaica 🇯🇲 I won’t be going back in a hurry with all the unrest going on. I remember all those beautiful sites, so unspoilt back then 👍👍👍

    • @FotoRexProductions
      @FotoRexProductions  6 лет назад +7

      Hopefully things will get better so you will feel safe enough to visit again.

    • @barbietimmermans4141
      @barbietimmermans4141 6 лет назад +5

      FotoRex Productions A very dim glimmer of hope that peace can be restored, while the government doesn’t seem to be doing much to maintain order.

    • @solwesfe9352
      @solwesfe9352 6 лет назад +2

      Was your father's ancestors part of the groups that came in the 1800s?

    • @barbietimmermans4141
      @barbietimmermans4141 6 лет назад +1

      Eb Benar Yes my father’s ancestors came in the 1800’s.

    • @solwesfe9352
      @solwesfe9352 6 лет назад +4

      Well, you seem to consider yourself Jamaican, still, but I doubt you really would like to return when so many want to leave.

  • @inchargenow320
    @inchargenow320 4 года назад +12

    When I was growing up in Jamaica 6 of my friends pock up and move to Germany😭 didn't have a clue them was from Germany💔

    • @TJ_Eats
      @TJ_Eats 4 года назад

      Dell🤣🤣

  • @stacyjd2759
    @stacyjd2759 2 года назад +4

    Beautiful! So much nostalgia in this one video.

  • @tiamaria44
    @tiamaria44 2 года назад +4

    Omg Hilly and Gully ride theme song. Criessss

  • @normahamilton2985
    @normahamilton2985 4 года назад +7

    There are many more of these folks in St. Elizabeth. Growing up in the 60s, we usually associate the term, "Pretty Dunce" with these Germans in St Elizabeth. I had no idea they were also in Seafort, Westmoreland. They are cool Jamaicans.

  • @arnette3959
    @arnette3959 3 года назад +2

    who is watching this in 2021 wow my beautiful country out of many one people

  • @hellswindstaff91
    @hellswindstaff91 4 года назад +6

    my great grandfathers from my mom and dad side both migrated from Europe one from Ireland and the other from France. Great grandmother migrated from India. Somewhere in the mix i have ancestors from Spain as well. Im all mixed up lol so is my family you wouldnt think we are related but we the same. great video thanks for the upload!

  • @deltaduke1157
    @deltaduke1157 5 лет назад +26

    These German people of Jamaican decent they work hard much respect.

  • @tiahnelson2867
    @tiahnelson2867 4 года назад +15

    I want to know who is living in seaford town now?

  • @ssssssssssss160
    @ssssssssssss160 2 года назад +4

    when I hear that hill and gully theme song that brought back so much memories as a child.

  • @TheEchoingPen
    @TheEchoingPen 3 года назад +4

    My father is from Seaford Town. I spent a lot of time there but left when I was 6. I wonder if there's any land there I can get so I can move back to see how I can help uplift the Town.

  • @anthonyblackman7669
    @anthonyblackman7669 3 года назад +9

    The British did the same thing to us in trinidad.
    the planters wanted our ancestors to work for free after the abolition and promise them free shelter and board in exchange for their labor, but no pay,and when they refused they brought in the French and the Portuguese, and when they couldn’t handle the work they brought in the Chinese, and when they couldn’t handle the work, they brought in the East indians who also couldn’t handle the work, so they finally abolished indenturship in 1917. They had rather bring in other people and pay them, than to pay the former African slaves for their labor. what a wicked people they were. disgraceful grudging imperialist.

    • @BelladoniusMonk
      @BelladoniusMonk 2 года назад +1

      Oh sh*+ ... From I was a child, I used to hear bits and pieces of what you are saying, but I never REALLY knew what they were talking about until you just broke it down. I feel that in my gut. Wow.

    • @maisieburrell1549
      @maisieburrell1549 2 года назад +1

      Not to mention that these people were also given lands. The poor freed slaves were given nutten🙄🙄left a lot of them worse off than slavery. Wonder if we german brothers and sisters in the diaspora are active in the struggle for repartriations

  • @MrMassive876
    @MrMassive876 6 лет назад +14

    I rem this programme when I was kid growing up 😁

  • @thearmed1z
    @thearmed1z 2 года назад +4

    As Jamaican now living in the United States I had no clue this place existed in the land of my birth.

  • @jasonlampart5102
    @jasonlampart5102 6 лет назад +156

    You would never learn this in a Jamaican school.

    • @theduke6174
      @theduke6174 4 года назад

      Why not?

    • @testingsomething5280
      @testingsomething5280 4 года назад +5

      @@theduke6174 it's not that it's not important, but probably just not important enough. I don't see any reason not to teach this in schools though, apart from the fact that not many people know about it.

    • @matthewbruce6038
      @matthewbruce6038 4 года назад +3

      So true. I didn't know this , am late lol

    • @patriciabrown3139
      @patriciabrown3139 4 года назад +5

      Not true

    • @vcjmusic1
      @vcjmusic1 4 года назад +6

      I never get this in school I guess cause they following the English and don't want the Black people to get free land like the white, cause they stick together no matter what country they from

  • @wanitabarnett6517
    @wanitabarnett6517 4 года назад +5

    Did you know? Heartwarming to see this footage of my country. When I hear the language, truly OUT OF MANY, ONE PEOPLE.!!!

  • @mariapluta1609
    @mariapluta1609 4 года назад +20

    I never knew. Greetings from Northern Germany 🙂🌻

  • @JohnDoe-rk9ef
    @JohnDoe-rk9ef 3 года назад +4

    Im in Canada an never met half of those people but im related to many of them. This video is amazing. Thank you

    • @christinecs5760
      @christinecs5760 3 года назад +1

      I am from Seaford Town. So you could do your research

  • @spinrash6000
    @spinrash6000 3 года назад +3

    I hope this history is taught in the schools it should be internationally, I truly enjoy this bit of adventure.

  • @oscargenius28
    @oscargenius28 5 лет назад +116

    man thief di apple lol

    • @yazziekeem7312
      @yazziekeem7312 4 года назад +7

      At least him honest lol

    • @oscargenius28
      @oscargenius28 4 года назад

      @@yazziekeem7312 lol

    • @jamericanview8456
      @jamericanview8456 4 года назад +4

      😂.No matter our color, we are all Jamaicans. Out of many , one people. Love the land of my birth! #jamaicanamerican

    • @neilgibbons2532
      @neilgibbons2532 4 года назад

      What that says about jamaican, even the white ones 🤣

    • @jimmywhitely6648
      @jimmywhitely6648 3 года назад

      You see it too

  • @derin111
    @derin111 3 года назад +2

    This is amazing! I enjoyed it very much. Thank you.

  • @gatheringleaves
    @gatheringleaves 6 лет назад +19

    This isn't the 1980s, the Irish guy at 15:40 clearly said he had been there since July 1990, so this is actually sometime in the early 90's

    • @yazziekeem7312
      @yazziekeem7312 4 года назад +4

      The title clearly says 1990s

    • @1NOnlyAce
      @1NOnlyAce 3 года назад

      @@yazziekeem7312 it was maybe edited since

  • @btcmewzik9613
    @btcmewzik9613 4 года назад +10

    Back to a time when it was much simpler to live and way less violent I love this video it's like going back in time

    • @someone-wf6nx
      @someone-wf6nx 4 года назад

      What a silly comment. I'm a British mixed raced Jamaican and I go every year.

    • @someone-wf6nx
      @someone-wf6nx 4 года назад +1

      Violence is every where as a tourist u safe in Jamaica

    • @btcmewzik9613
      @btcmewzik9613 4 года назад +1

      @@someone-wf6nx you're a silly person cause that's not what it says is it? Kmt read with understanding pls

    • @timemoney5729
      @timemoney5729 4 года назад +1

      Irony is that is farin people go learn badness and import it back...

    • @rfrench68686868
      @rfrench68686868 4 года назад +3

      That's because it's a small town in the country. Kingston was just as violent back in the 90s as now.

  • @mayweathermoney5191
    @mayweathermoney5191 3 года назад +5

    I watched this as a kid and didn't know that my mom was from Seaford Town until she passed away!

  • @essencemil
    @essencemil 4 года назад +6

    This explains why some Jamaicans have German last names

  • @loisrobinsonrobinson1222
    @loisrobinsonrobinson1222 2 года назад +1

    Yes I can see my old roots,that's what we grow up with. Old days are back. I am of German decendant father German mother Jamaican. Mundy from Aberdeen .

  • @tahmaskenchers1782
    @tahmaskenchers1782 6 лет назад +29

    4:46 $3 a pound fi carrot is one of the most shocking things here a far cry from the $120 we paying now. But yeah I'm descended from Irish Missionaries that came here in the early 1800s

    • @yazziekeem7312
      @yazziekeem7312 4 года назад +4

      OK so your comment is 1 year ago and am commenting today in 2020 saying carrot is now 200 and 250 a pound

    • @oshiondagreat2306
      @oshiondagreat2306 3 года назад

      @@yazziekeem7312 Yup. One year later and let's just say it's about the same if not more🤷😒

    • @MerkhVision
      @MerkhVision 2 года назад +1

      Why tf do carrots cost so much in Jamaica?? Do they not grow locally?

    • @tahmaskenchers1782
      @tahmaskenchers1782 2 года назад

      @@MerkhVision yah but the dollar has devalued alot and things are just expensive even if its grown here it takes alot more now to get the produce to market. Along with the facts of climate change so the seasons atent as predictable as the used to be.

  • @errolnicholson4302
    @errolnicholson4302 4 года назад +7

    30 years ago Dennis Brown invited me to Jamaica for the first time and I was so excited to see my Mum and Dad's homeland. I stayed in Kingston Town and I said to Dennis Brown, I'm going to take a walk Down Town Kingston and then all of a sudden I see a few white man walking in Kingston and I said to myself Is he from Germany or from Scotland or from Island and wearing a Black Suit so I greet him and I said are you from Jamaica? And he Yes. And he said to me why yu want fe know fah? I said I'm from England and it's my first time in Jamaica. And he Said to me his parents is from Germany! And I said WOW! Okay. Before I say Goodbye to him I said Don't you feel very hot in that black suit? He said No Sah hahhahah. But I feel so hot myself hehehehe. God Bless Jamaicans and Germaicans.

  • @ccsretreat1513
    @ccsretreat1513 4 года назад +2

    Oh yes! Hill An Gully Ride, was one of my favorite programs. Great memories 💕👍

  • @tripledtv5464
    @tripledtv5464 2 года назад +2

    My mom was born in Seaford in 1938 her dad was of Germany descendent and her mom was African descendant .But I was born in St Andrew and now live in the USA and I my mom live in the Cayman Island.

  • @kenrickfrancis
    @kenrickfrancis 5 лет назад +5

    Historically exciting and informative

  • @miragebeautysupply894
    @miragebeautysupply894 6 лет назад +19

    23:02 . The cutest lil fella came over to see what all the fussing was about...😂. He is so precious.

    • @fabianbarnes4103
      @fabianbarnes4103 5 лет назад +3

      my Dad grandad was German and also a mixed of Irish my mom half Jewish and maroon they all came from Westmoreland and St Elizabeth. yea jamaican whites are here for a long time

    • @BedStuyBro
      @BedStuyBro 5 лет назад

      The poor thing. They don't get the care they need in Jamaica.

  • @monicamartin2868
    @monicamartin2868 9 месяцев назад +1

    Very interesting ,I love this video,I am a Jamaican but did not know this history 。

  • @hilarysutter7503
    @hilarysutter7503 6 лет назад +9

    Nice Video, Seeford town is always a friendly place.

  • @ralphbeckles1408
    @ralphbeckles1408 6 лет назад +32

    This is very informative. These people are Jamaicans too!

    • @averontreadwell5582
      @averontreadwell5582 4 года назад +4

      Ralph Beckles yes they are the jamaicans that we’re given acres of land for every member of their family
      and the other jamaicans (black) were not given acres of land not even for just one member of their family let alone for each child
      i don’t think the jamaicans that were given the land decided to share with the jamaicans that were not given the land
      and yet built and planted every thing in jamaica without pay
      what do you think ralph?

  • @theconstantgardene
    @theconstantgardene 5 лет назад +11

    Very interested piece of history. I was born and grew up in Jamaica and never knew about this.

    • @sandrag6575
      @sandrag6575 5 лет назад

      Me too.

    • @karlaiken6152
      @karlaiken6152 5 лет назад

      Be advised that if your surname is really "Gardener" then you are very likely related to people from Seaford Town as there is a large family called "Gartner", whose name was anglicised to become Gardner and Gardener.

    • @misterlexx2721
      @misterlexx2721 2 года назад

      I am from Westmoreland. I knew this. Manning's School, the premier high school of the parish was the melting pot of Jamaican kids from diverse racial ancestry. You definitely had African ancestry , but there were a number of mixed race kids and kids of East Indian descent, Chinese descent and European descent . I am a Jamaican of East Indian descent. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

    • @leandrocarvalho-lz5iu
      @leandrocarvalho-lz5iu Год назад

      Unglaublich!!! Die Kinder lernen NICHTS! 🤯😱😭

  • @andrearitch8176
    @andrearitch8176 3 года назад +2

    Happy see this. knowing my grandmother is from Germany

  • @julietapper9411
    @julietapper9411 5 лет назад +13

    Wow I am so proud watching this video sweet Jamaica love my country

    • @WEG906
      @WEG906 5 лет назад +1

      Proud because there are white Jamaicans?? Smdh

  • @digitalstudious
    @digitalstudious 5 лет назад +30

    Who here in 2019 make this blue #chopcityrebels 👍🏿 #CCRZ1🤟

  • @yvonneb3074
    @yvonneb3074 4 года назад +11

    Him thief the apple 😂

  • @taku2u-owohrod.
    @taku2u-owohrod. 6 лет назад +5

    Great video. very interesting and humbling to see how these citizens of Jamaica are working and getting on together, all for the greater good!

  • @edwarda2033
    @edwarda2033 3 года назад +2

    There’s a Polish settlement in Haiti. They were descendants of troops Napoleon sent to reconquer Haiti. Instead many ran off when they got there or decided to stay when hostilities ended.

  • @London_miss234
    @London_miss234 5 лет назад +7

    The Irishman doctor, and his wife are heroes. If I had money, I’d invest. The Jamaican people are lovely! I’m glad I visited!

  • @Lifestylewithjada
    @Lifestylewithjada 3 года назад +4

    Out of many one people🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

  • @alainayoung3686
    @alainayoung3686 2 года назад +2

    Big up you self Albert!

  • @rarab22
    @rarab22 5 лет назад +39

    This video explains the random 4%German/Western Europe in my Ancestry DNA results. I'm a little disappointed that this was never taught in school.

    • @miclazy-5m
      @miclazy-5m 4 года назад

      maybe because thr are so little left that its not of importance to schools

    • @realrocktv9193
      @realrocktv9193 4 года назад +1

      Jamaican schools only concentrate on loose Bennett , Trevor Rhone, Claude McKay and these people. This is a important aspect of our history. It should have been thought in schools and trip made there by students

    • @zumaanandrade3961
      @zumaanandrade3961 4 года назад +2

      @@realrocktv9193 I learned it in school and documentaries in the early 70s.

    • @tudormiller8898
      @tudormiller8898 4 года назад

      Not part of Jamaican history ? Why ?

    • @tudormiller8898
      @tudormiller8898 4 года назад +2

      @@realrocktv9193 Didn't the germans arrive in Jamaica after slavery ended ?

  • @bennettstephenson9090
    @bennettstephenson9090 5 лет назад +19

    Jamaica is still. not a free country. Its a commonwealth of British. Meaning Jamaica still govern under the British.

    • @rudebwoy8
      @rudebwoy8 4 года назад

      Sadly, this is true. The queen is still head of state, England probably still owns the island or at least the debt the island incurred to be granted ‘independence’. ☹️

    • @manovrsb
      @manovrsb 4 года назад +4

      @@rudebwoy8 Whats wierd is we're 95% African yet African countries dont even try to help to create better trade relations with us. African countries rather deal with Europeans than with us, so we should stop trying to attack ourselves over something that doesnt benefit us.

  • @yardmanvibes3559
    @yardmanvibes3559 3 года назад +3

    It's sad to know that the clinic is ultimately seeking Jamaican doctors but no one has responded because of money They have to be getting foreign doctors who care about people more than money.

  • @chynlee6557
    @chynlee6557 4 года назад +1

    I grew up watching this program in grade 5. I had loved it..’

  • @Iluvbabaganush123
    @Iluvbabaganush123 3 года назад +2

    What an intresting video on a diasspora I had no clue existed or even has the possibility to exists, and this is comming from someone who has no relations with either Jamaica, nor Germany! Superb Work Guys !!!!!

  • @mariakatsande704
    @mariakatsande704 4 года назад +14

    Jamaica is too beautiful.I lived in Jamaica for 2 years.While I don't know very deep thing about Jamaica.I. noticed that there is class problem During the time I was there only light skinned people could do adverts on TV. I thot that was terrible because a lot of Jamaicans are a beautiful people whether they are dark skinned or light

    • @jamiesimms7084
      @jamiesimms7084 3 года назад +1

      That was a long time ago I take it although bleaching skin is a new fashion. Pitty

    • @Lifestylewithjada
      @Lifestylewithjada 3 года назад +5

      Huh? That's a lie look how much darkskin people is on TV

    • @feyrol42
      @feyrol42 3 года назад +1

      @@Lifestylewithjada he said that was the case a long time ago. He’s not talking about now.

    • @misterlexx2721
      @misterlexx2721 2 года назад

      Maria ..how long ago was that? Many years ago. I went home for Christmas 2021 for 2 weeks and most ads I saw on local Jamaican TV were black dark complexion people. Phone company ads, KFC etc.🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

  • @beautyforashes8964
    @beautyforashes8964 4 года назад +8

    I’ve always wanted to come to Jamaica 🇯🇲 I hope I get next year 2021 my dream get myself a good Jamaican man haha 😆👍💜😘

    • @karencurtis7017
      @karencurtis7017 4 года назад +1

      Philomena Gillen dumb girl , just put yourself out there. 😂😂

    • @madtrain556
      @madtrain556 11 месяцев назад

      😐 so that is what you coming here for..

  • @joymadison6496
    @joymadison6496 4 года назад +8

    All Jamaicans no matter what color gives directions the same way..go down di road pass di butcher shop and go straight up..lol

  • @YBLinkz
    @YBLinkz 2 года назад

    A one luv in a di Islands man....miss back home, good food, and legendary vibes...