168 years ago today, 30 Jul 1854, Chinese fist arrived in Jamaica; 267 indentured labourers on ship “Epsom” to replace Africans after slavery ended. By 1943, 12,394 “Chinese'; 2,818 "China-born", 4,061 "local-born", 5,515 "Chinese coloured" mixed African and Chinese.
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The vast majority of Chinese who came to Jamaica in the 19th and early 20th centuries were Hakka people from Dongguan, Huiyang, and Bao'an in Guangdong province. #Jamaica
In 1940 all Chinese were barred from Jamaica except diplomats, tourists and students with permits. Three major anti-Chinese riots in Jamaica; 1918, 1936, 1965. Many Chinese-Jamaicans left the island during the 1970s over fear of communism and insecurity as a vulnerable minority.
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