Granville, Jamaica
Granville is a small community on the outskirts of Montego Bay in the parish of Saint James on the island of Jamaica founded by Rev. William Knibb.
Granville | |
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Granville | |
Coordinates: 18°26′39″N 77°53′35″W | |
Country | Jamaica |
Parish | Saint James Parish |
First settled | 1845 |
Founded by | Rev. William Knibb |
History
Granville is named after Granville Sharp in 1845. Sligoville was said to be the first ‘free village’ to be established, and this was done by Rev. James Mursell Phillippo.[1] William Knibb bought 90 acres here to create somewhere that ex-slaves could live if they were thrown off their previous owners land. Knibb also hoped to grow the congregation of Falmouth Baptist Church.[2]
What became known as ‘The Free Village System’ resulted from the first named Sligoville,[3] and similar villages were established throughout the island, most of them by ministers of religion, who supplied land to the ex-slaves who had never owned land before.[4][5]
References
- "Sligoville". Jamaica National Heritage Trust. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- Rise & Fall Of Granville, 21 July 2014, The Gleaner, Retrieved 3 September 2015
- Sligoville - Jamaica's First Free Village Established To Prepare For Emancipation, Jamaica Gleaner
- Cultural Studies. Routledge. 1992. ISBN 0-415-90345-9.
- Serju, Christopher (29 January 2011). "Bairds Bare Sligoville's Rich Past". The Gleaner.