when did it become a colony of the crown?
1866
Colony of Jamaica
In 1866 the new Crown colony government consisted of the Legislative Council and the executive Privy Council containing members of both chambers of the House of Assembly, but the Colonial Office exercised effective power through a presiding British governor. The council included a few handpicked prominent Jamaicans for the sake of appearance only. In the late nineteenth century, Crown colony rule was modified; representation and limited self-rule were reintroduced gradually into Jamaica after 1884. The colony's legal structure was reformed along the lines of English common law and county courts, and a constabulary force was established.
who was mary seacole? A British-Jamaican nurse, healer and businesswoman who set up the "British Hotel" behind the lines during the Crimean War. where was she born? Kingston, Jamaica what did she do in the caribbean? She cared for her "old indulgent patroness" who gave financial support to her;  She was occasionally called to provide nursing assistance at the British Army hospital at Up-Park Camp; She married Edwin Horatio Hamilton Seacole in Kingston what role did she play during the war? She set up the 'British Hotel' and provided succour for wounded servicemen on the battlefield, and nursed many of them back to health. can you mention any controversy regarding her? It has been argued that Mary Seacole has been promoted at the expense of Florence Nightingale.Patrick Vernon opines that a lot of the claims that Seacole's achievements were exaggerated came from an English elite that was determined to suppress and hide the black contribution in Britain. was any book written on her? Yes - Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands who wrote it? Mary Seacole which country colonized her birth place? England was this place related to pirates? Yes - Under early English rule, Jamaica became a haven of privateers, buccaneers, and occasionally outright pirates: Christopher Myngs, Edward Mansvelt, and most famously, Henry Morgan.
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Colony of Jamaica [SEP] Jamaica as a Crown Colony
The colony's legal structure was reformed along the lines of English common law and county courts, and a constabulary force was established. The smooth working of the Crown colony system was dependent on a good understanding and an identity of interests between the governing officials, who were British, and most of the nonofficial, nominated members of the Legislative Council, who were Jamaicans. The elected members of this body were in a permanent minority and without any influence or administrative power. The unstated alliance – based on shared color, attitudes, and interest – between the British officials and the Jamaican upper class was reinforced in London, where the West India Committee lobbied for Jamaican interests.