Edmund Bartlett

How Jamaica’s ‘bereavement tourism’ plan will restore the slave trade

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Tharp House, in Falmouth, was once the home of John Tharp, the island’s largest slave owner – Sukimac Photography Cruise ships dominate the skyline of the Jamaican town of Falmouth as holidaymakers rush off in search of the sun and sand, dominating tourism on the island. But in the shadows of the hulking Royal Caribbean … Read more

Jamaica’s ‘dark tourism’ drive will turn colonial buildings into slavery monuments

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Luxury cruise ships, like this one, docked in Falmouth, Jamaica, will take tourists to learn about a dark side in the history of the British Empire – ISTOCK Jamaica will preserve British colonial sites as slavery monuments to boost the island’s ‘dark tourism’ industry. Local activists have led Caribbean demands for reparations for centuries of … Read more