French immigration to Jamaica began in 1791 when problems broke out in
Saint Domingue
Saint-Domingue () was a French colony in the western portion of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, in the area of modern-day Haiti, from 1659 to 1804. The name derives from the Spanish main city in the island, Santo Domingo, which came to re ...
, the French part of the island of
Hispaniola, now modern
Haiti. Thousands of French people fled from Saint Domingue and arrived in Jamaica.
History
In 1694, Jamaica came under attack by the French, led by Admiral
Jean-Baptiste du Casse. The French far outnumbered their opponents, but were eventually turned back, after losing hundreds of men in the conflict; they were successful in damaging or destroying many
sugar estates and
plantation
A plantation is an agricultural estate, generally centered on a plantation house, meant for farming that specializes in cash crops, usually mainly planted with a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. The ...
s on Jamaica, however.
Jamaica – History and Heritage
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See also
* Colony of Jamaica
The Crown Colony of Jamaica and Dependencies was a British colony from 1655, when it was captured by the English Protectorate from the Spanish Empire. Jamaica became a British colony from 1707 and a Crown colony in 1866. The Colony was prima ...
* French colonies
From the 16th to the 17th centuries, the First French colonial empire stretched from a total area at its peak in 1680 to over , the second largest empire in the world at the time behind only the Spanish Empire. During the 19th and 20th centuri ...
References
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1791 establishments in Jamaica
Ethnic groups in Jamaica
European Jamaican
French Caribbean
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Immigration to Jamaica