Background and figures as recorded in the CIA World Factbook.
Europeans first saw Jamaica when Christopher COLUMBUS arrived in 1494, and the Spanish settled the island early in the 16th century. The Native Taino, who had inhabited Jamaica for centuries, were gradually exterminated and replaced with African slaves. England seized the island in 1655 and established a plantation economy based on sugar, cocoa, and coffee. The abolition of slavery in 1834 freed a quarter-million slaves, many of whom became small farmers. Jamaica gradually increased its independence from Britain. In 1958, it joined other British Caribbean colonies in forming the Federation of the West Indies.
Source: CIA World Factbook — a work of the US government, in the public domain
14 on file. Listed because operations, tax and reporting are usually organised at this level rather than nationally.
| Name | Type | Code |
|---|---|---|
| Saint Ann | Parish | JM-06 |
| Trelawny | Parish | JM-07 |
| Saint James | Parish | JM-08 |
| Hanover | Parish | JM-09 |
| Westmoreland | Parish | JM-10 |
| Saint Elizabeth | Parish | JM-11 |
| Manchester | Parish | JM-12 |
| Clarendon | Parish | JM-13 |
| Saint Catherine | Parish | JM-14 |
| Saint Andrew | Parish | JM-02 |
| Kingston | Parish | JM-01 |
| Saint Thomas | Parish | JM-03 |
| Portland | Parish | JM-04 |
| Saint Mary | Parish | JM-05 |
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Roarcry · the church
A donation to the congregation. It is not repaid, earns nothing, and carries no claim on anything. Roarcry is not a registered 501(c)(3), so give as a gift rather than for a write-off.
A gift named for Jamaica is a restricted gift: recorded against Jamaica and spent there. If it cannot be spent there within a year it is pooled into the general fund and spent wherever it is needed most. That is a term of the gift, said here so that giving is agreeing to it.
Investment Fund, LLC · the issuer
A subscription for Class B units. It is at risk, it is not tax-deductible, it is not a donation, and you can lose all of it. Open only to verified accredited investors.
One fund covers every country on the map, on one set of terms. No country has its own vehicle, its own minimum or its own return.
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