Did You Know There's a hidden African Cemetery Beneath One of Jamaica's Largest Markets?

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  • @trudy-annbarracks6418
    @trudy-annbarracks6418 5 місяців тому +43

    I love this channel you see. I love history! One of my favorite thing to do is read, research and talk about history. My friend asked me to start a history channel but I am too shy for this. Continue doing what you're doing! Your channel teaches us alot! ❤

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  5 місяців тому +5

      Thank you so much, am Elated. I think you should start a history channel, plus me nuh think you shy like me. Thanks for watching, stay blessed.

    • @desmondgrant65
      @desmondgrant65 5 місяців тому +1

      Queen Victoria was not crowned in 1938. She died in 1901.
      Redemption Ground Market on West Queen Street was the cemetery. During the construction the bodies were exhumed and transferred to the May Pen Cemetery. The KSAC at the time had to put in security measures to prevent obeahmen from stealing the bones during the transfer.
      Coronation. Market was opened in 1953 to commemorate the crowning of Queen Elizabeth.

    • @trudy-annsmall9600
      @trudy-annsmall9600 5 місяців тому +2

      Hi Trudy-ann myself too is a history lover and applaud the wonderful research work this gentleman is doing while keeping us informed....❤🙏

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  5 місяців тому +2

      @trudy-annsmall9600 Thank you so much, and thanks for watching

    • @desrinemorgan1414
      @desrinemorgan1414 Місяць тому +1

      I heard about the cemetery in80s when i was selling there but not in do much detail. I didn't know they were African slaves. So sad,every lives matters​@EliteJamaica

  • @christinepage9811
    @christinepage9811 5 місяців тому +49

    These are the things that should be thought in history classes.

    • @jazzymars30
      @jazzymars30 Місяць тому +1

      Yes this should be Taught exactly my thought

    • @blessedone472
      @blessedone472 Місяць тому

      Thanks for the proper spelling of both words when used to express the different sentiments.

    • @denisebailey1698
      @denisebailey1698 29 днів тому +2

      Our history is hidden

  • @mystery5655
    @mystery5655 5 місяців тому +26

    Jamaica's top historian. Always unearthing new information to enlighten viewers of our lesser known history.

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  5 місяців тому +1

      Blessings Family and thanks for watching

  • @kennoybrown3946
    @kennoybrown3946 5 місяців тому +21

    "The earth under us is really unknown" is very literal. Respect for shedding light on this history

  • @My_Yout
    @My_Yout 5 місяців тому +61

    Bro, it come in like seh a you alone know dem historical facts yah. I had NEVER heard of this. Please continue your research and continue to educate us. Thanks.

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  5 місяців тому +8

      Thanks for watching bro, I think sometimes they purposely try to keep these things hidden from us.

    • @My_Yout
      @My_Yout 5 місяців тому

      @@EliteJamaica there's no "thinking." They DO intentionally keep them hidden.

    • @raskdajah1159
      @raskdajah1159 5 місяців тому +4

      😅him alone kno these things. They don't teach us this in school and I'm a trained teacher. This isn't in our curriculum 😮

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  5 місяців тому +3

      @raskdajah1159 that's why I cover lesser known facts as with most videos on my channel

    • @raskdajah1159
      @raskdajah1159 5 місяців тому

      @@EliteJamaica we appreciate you 🙏

  • @calligraphy4851
    @calligraphy4851 5 місяців тому +33

    What?!?!? I learn something new everday.

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  5 місяців тому +1

      Blessings, I am happy you learnt something new, please share. Thank you for watching

  • @elainecampbell9701
    @elainecampbell9701 5 місяців тому +9

    Thank you for taking the time to share the lost HISTORY of JAMAICA 🇯🇲. 1❤

  • @juniormcclure139
    @juniormcclure139 5 місяців тому +27

    Thanks..I learned some new JAMAICAN history

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  5 місяців тому +1

      Blessings and thanks for watching

  • @EliteJamaica
    @EliteJamaica  5 місяців тому +12

    Thanks for your support, please share

    • @jeromefoster7134
      @jeromefoster7134 5 місяців тому

      Were the Graves relocate

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  5 місяців тому

      @jeromefoster7134 No I can't find any info to suggest that

  • @donettahuggins2635
    @donettahuggins2635 5 місяців тому +6

    I was just here! WOW did not know that!Such beautiful spirited ppl and a beautiful time I HAD! OMGORSH. “Vengeance is mine, I will repay saith the Lord”(Romans 12:19)

  • @health1st804
    @health1st804 2 місяці тому +2

    Sista Jessica your energy will nevah B forgotten.

  • @sylviagrant8130
    @sylviagrant8130 5 місяців тому +6

    Thank you elite Jamaica 🇯🇲 for this history of Jamaica

  • @onestopculturaltoursja
    @onestopculturaltoursja 5 місяців тому +3

    Thank you for sharing this information with us.
    I have been living in JA for over 4 years. I have family here and am a tour guide operating in Kingston. This information has never been conveyed to me, and i will do some additional research as I enjoy learning about our history and culture.
    I often draw on information/events put on by the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) and moreso, by the African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica (memory bank)
    I'd love to link up with you in Kingston. Whenever convenient, to explore other hidden gems of information.
    Thank you again 🇯🇲

  • @bevhall2833
    @bevhall2833 5 місяців тому +5

    What a great story.the government should make parts of the markets a m gardens so that the nations can visits
    Also these things should be taught in our schools that our history's .thank you for this l love history .

  • @tb22k
    @tb22k 5 місяців тому +9

    Love learning new things ❤

  • @carolcapleton7956
    @carolcapleton7956 5 місяців тому +14

    As usual very educational and interesting and entertaining thank you

  • @EvadneyHyatt
    @EvadneyHyatt Місяць тому +4

    Skill is power

  • @Andrea-pg7ps
    @Andrea-pg7ps 29 днів тому

    Thank you, this is real Jamaican history. I'm sure a lot of us are in history class. Thanks again!!

  • @maudenaliburd4510
    @maudenaliburd4510 Місяць тому +1

    This video has brought tears to my eyes.🙏🏾

  • @kingjjmostwanted
    @kingjjmostwanted 5 місяців тому +9

    I love these history lessons... Thank you!!!

  • @Jennifer-xt2no
    @Jennifer-xt2no 5 місяців тому +4

    Thank you for the information in our history that is not taught to us.🙏

  • @evertonvenair2362
    @evertonvenair2362 5 місяців тому +13

    Alex, thank for teaching us about our ancestors and our Jamaica Island good to educating the massive elite Jamaica

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  5 місяців тому

      Blessings everytime Everton, stay safe and thanks for watching

  • @lenah4160
    @lenah4160 5 місяців тому +9

    Thank you for this interesting information, when I was a young girl growing up in Jamaica 🇯🇲 I remembered going to Cornation Market and seeing a thombstone at the back of the market by the old train tracks in the Market it was a gambling spot where men use throw dice 🎲

    • @errolstephenson8505
      @errolstephenson8505 5 місяців тому +2

      It's not train tracks it's trap car tracks that was public transportation

    • @lenah4160
      @lenah4160 13 днів тому

      I remember that tombstone 🪦 at the back of the Market where the men used to throw dice 🎲

  • @brendabrown7803
    @brendabrown7803 5 місяців тому +17

    Thanks again Alex for sharing , it makes my heart bleeds now we know how our people suffered 😢

  • @pearlsellars4330
    @pearlsellars4330 5 днів тому

    Wow! History.thank you for shearing your knowledge with us.
    My late mother from south St.Elizabeth was a vendor in this market in the late 40s- 50s spending 2-3 nights sleeping on what she called tomato boxes until she had sold her goods,she would travel on truck with others from our community to and frow from the market.
    A humble beginning but a necessity for all.
    Those souls must be at peace because i cant remember her telling any duppy stories.

  • @delroylawford3282
    @delroylawford3282 5 місяців тому +3

    Thank you very much for educating us. I did not know about this at all. Please keep up the good work 👏

  • @veronawint3179
    @veronawint3179 5 місяців тому +1

    Good job love the true history. Learn something new about my jamaica.

  • @hodgemoss
    @hodgemoss 5 місяців тому +2

    I once knew a lovely Jamaican lady in London who was called Sadie Campbell may she rest in peace. She said she was a higgler in Coronation market Kingston Jamaica. She was a food seller . Small world! It’s wonderful to hear this history. A wonderful lady who was loved by all. Sadie you are gone but not forgotten.

  • @mariawood1951
    @mariawood1951 5 місяців тому +2

    Well-informed content, thanks for sharing this important part of history. Our ancestors are smiling❤

  • @JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts
    @JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts 5 місяців тому +3

    Very interesting. Never heard of this history. Thank you! ❤🇯🇲

  • @JohnnyJohnson-v7m
    @JohnnyJohnson-v7m 3 місяці тому +1

    I used to go as a teenager to coronation, triggerfoot& other markets in ksac,kgn.j.a ,st. Andrews,Great story

  • @cynthiacatnott9012
    @cynthiacatnott9012 5 місяців тому +5

    Thank you ! Never heard of this before.Not in my history classes.😮

  • @shashonnaclough3008
    @shashonnaclough3008 5 місяців тому +2

    Thank you for sharing this historical information 🙏

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  5 місяців тому +1

      Thanks for watching please share

  • @queenmiserable9495
    @queenmiserable9495 5 місяців тому +1

    This is fascinating and I didnt know this. Each one Teach one! 🙌🏾

  • @clayongunzelle9555
    @clayongunzelle9555 5 місяців тому +5

    Downtown is spooky place so I'm not surprised

  • @cynthiawilliams2703
    @cynthiawilliams2703 5 місяців тому +3

    Thank you for this information. Very interesting. Even though there are corrections in the comments, you had me locked.❤

  • @Bronzebk
    @Bronzebk 28 днів тому

    If the ancestors are there, bless their Souls & glad their living descendants are keeping them company.

  • @jenf9272
    @jenf9272 5 місяців тому +2

    Very interesting piece of history.

  • @blessedchildofgod9112
    @blessedchildofgod9112 5 місяців тому +3

    thank you

  • @altheawhyte2328
    @altheawhyte2328 5 місяців тому +2

    Wow, thanks for this information!

  • @millicentdavis8559
    @millicentdavis8559 5 місяців тому +2

    Good morning and thank u for the history on carnation market I didn't know all that more blessings

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  5 місяців тому

      Blessings to you and thanks for watching, please share

  • @manleygreen5678
    @manleygreen5678 5 місяців тому +5

    Thanks, more Historical Sites please!

  • @PCar-ff2vh
    @PCar-ff2vh 5 місяців тому +2

    Thanks for sharing this interesting video ❤❤❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @jonathanlammie9975
    @jonathanlammie9975 Місяць тому

    verry intrested piece of jamaica history

  • @colleenhenry-bs6ij
    @colleenhenry-bs6ij 2 місяці тому +1

    I remember going to Coronation Market, with my mom every Saturday, I never knew about this!!

  • @ashannielinton3209
    @ashannielinton3209 5 місяців тому +2

    Tankh u very much for this information.

  • @reubenbrown6452
    @reubenbrown6452 5 місяців тому +4

    There are many buildings over cemeteries, from commercial to private homes.Most recent is the old Choloria Cemetery, which now boast a new mall.There is also on Cumberland Road and the corner of
    white church Street sits a commercial building on what used to be a Cemetery.
    These practices existed all over the world.

    • @chariseh9524
      @chariseh9524 5 місяців тому +1

      Used to walk through the cemetery on my way to Spanish Town Primary, now that spot is a supermarket. Wonder if it's haunted? 🤔

    • @errolstephenson8505
      @errolstephenson8505 5 місяців тому

      Yes I remembered it some Spanish people buried there in the 1780 I saw head stone

  • @deebrown5744
    @deebrown5744 4 місяці тому +1

    ELITE THX FOR THE HISTORY..

  • @joylinson9607
    @joylinson9607 5 місяців тому +3

    Its the first that I am hearing this.

  • @donovanembden8737
    @donovanembden8737 5 місяців тому +1

    Great job Elite. Excellently done. Keep up the work. Blessings !!

  • @maureenrose4550
    @maureenrose4550 Місяць тому +1

    Thank you sir. Well put

  • @MereleneW
    @MereleneW Місяць тому

    Love this WOW🎉.

  • @annmckenzie1745
    @annmckenzie1745 5 місяців тому +1

    Thanks Alex for this information. I have bern saying they need to rewrite the history of Jamaica. A lot have been hidden. But as my grandmother used to say ..what is hidden from the wise and prudent will be revealed to the babes and suckling. Thanks again Alex..

  • @latoyacoke1784
    @latoyacoke1784 5 місяців тому +2

    I came up on your videos on night and from that I am in love and cant stop watching your channel

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  5 місяців тому

      That's so motivating to hear, comments like these keep me going. Thanks for your support and thanks for watching

  • @selvynwilliams2160
    @selvynwilliams2160 5 місяців тому +3

    Thanks brother you are doing a great job by letting the remnant that's alive now that colonizers never have any love

  • @KingGood66
    @KingGood66 5 місяців тому +1

    Really Great Work Sir.

  • @sheronjohnson2041
    @sheronjohnson2041 5 місяців тому +2

    Wow love this first im knowing this💯💯💯🙏

  • @franceswallace3887
    @franceswallace3887 5 місяців тому +5

    Did not know that,❤

  • @charrgordon
    @charrgordon 5 місяців тому +1

    Awesome work, very informative and interesting topic. Your Channel is great 👍

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  5 місяців тому

      Thank you so much for your support and thank you for watching

  • @warrengibbs6395
    @warrengibbs6395 5 днів тому

    respect Bro knowledge is so vital to a nation always intresting

  • @andriadeslandes6781
    @andriadeslandes6781 Місяць тому

    Thanks for sharing

  • @Elsa-e2z
    @Elsa-e2z 5 місяців тому +3

    I believe u caz near the trsin statiin downtown on the side walk I saw two old headstones from the 1800

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  5 місяців тому

      Thanks for that info, can you tell me when you saw these?

  • @normanbrown9225
    @normanbrown9225 5 місяців тому +2

    THE THREE GREATEST THINGS TO KNOW IS; OUR HISTORY, KNOW THY SELF And TO THYNE OWN SELF BE TRUE❤

  • @JAESAYS876
    @JAESAYS876 5 місяців тому +3

    Another solid video bro

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  5 місяців тому +1

      Blessings Family, Thanks for watching

  • @TheAnton35
    @TheAnton35 5 місяців тому +7

    This is very interesting. Didn't know about this. However, there's an error concerning the year of Queen Victoria being crowned. She wasn't crowned in 1938. She was crowned in 1838.

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  5 місяців тому +2

      Yes thats a mistake, it was suppose to be George iv

  • @pamelarose9784
    @pamelarose9784 5 місяців тому +2

    I used to go to Coranation Market with my grandmother back in the 1970ties. I hope i recall everything she told me. Coranation market, grass yard, and chigga foot market were on burial ground. Every time i go Jamaica, i go down there especially on Thursday mornings. Most of the time i go papine market which is a few minutes from where i stay. I grew up on Melrose ave and my grandmother and all 4 of us grandchildren would take the 52 or it was 54 JOS bus at 5:30 am to go market. Two of us grandchildren holding on to each side of her skirt. My grandmother was strong, had patience and tried to pass on whatever information she heard growing up.

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  5 місяців тому +1

      Thanks for your feedback back and thanks for watching

    • @dubsounds
      @dubsounds 5 місяців тому +3

      Yess maam. My granny travelled from Guy's Hill to Chigga foot market, back in late 60's /70's.
      Tell me sup'm. Did you granny keep her money knotted in a kerchief and stuffed in her bosom?

    • @iotahutchinson1482
      @iotahutchinson1482 5 місяців тому +2

      @@dubsounds or the in the end of her tyehead

  • @oliverose1810
    @oliverose1810 4 місяці тому +1

    Very interesting

  • @KattahB
    @KattahB 5 місяців тому +5

    From dust we come to dust we go.!

  • @fredwebb8633
    @fredwebb8633 5 місяців тому +5

    My,father,carry,food,to,that
    Market,on,,truck,in,,50s,
    That ,l,was,8,YEAR S,
    I,HEARD,HE,SAYS,THESAME
    AS,WHAT,YOU,SAID ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @abrahamsmith7336
    @abrahamsmith7336 5 місяців тому +5

    I remember people would go to sell their products and all of a sudden would just drop dead a lot of people died in that market people who just went to sell their products and then after a while they don’t report how many more died I knew it was and still is a cemetry

  • @JohnnyJohnson-v7m
    @JohnnyJohnson-v7m 3 місяці тому +3

    The african burial ground of nyc wall st.was unearthed during building a new skyscraper, we went there asap& stopped ✋️ the desecration of our ancestors, many were from jamaican & other caricom nations diaspora transatlantic slavetrade, we fought that battle & won,now known as african burial ground museum 👏

    • @keepitreal888-gnc
      @keepitreal888-gnc Місяць тому

      Imagine, not even a plaque is placed at the site to remember those unfortunately souls. Jamaica! There is so much I want to say! Disgusting!

  • @gillprescod4141
    @gillprescod4141 5 місяців тому +2

    Nice video

  • @truthhurts7469
    @truthhurts7469 21 день тому

    Learnt something new today ❤

  • @robertjohnson5370
    @robertjohnson5370 5 місяців тому +1

    Deep Knowledge and thank you for this presentation
    What is the History relative to the so called General Penitentiary
    May these Alkebulan Ancestors rest in Power
    Ase

  • @jenniferthompson1972
    @jenniferthompson1972 5 місяців тому +3

    Johnathan grant high school also build on cemetery

  • @danieltaylor8910
    @danieltaylor8910 17 днів тому

    I heard about this coronation market was a cemetery when I was a little kid growing up in Western Kingston

  • @glena.1681
    @glena.1681 Місяць тому

    Thank you.

  • @marvarobinson1576
    @marvarobinson1576 Місяць тому

    Mi love down a curry bad . Love this n share

  • @LeilaniThompson-x3n
    @LeilaniThompson-x3n Місяць тому +1

    I have known this for many years.

  • @dubsounds
    @dubsounds 5 місяців тому +6

    Bwaai, stop tell anansi story. Yuh t'ink me fraid a duppy? Choh!
    Good content Sir.

  • @markstonecoldhudson
    @markstonecoldhudson 5 місяців тому

    Great work my brother , u teach me something very important

  • @peterdawes9711
    @peterdawes9711 5 місяців тому +3

    The best video I've seen from you, Alex.... Very well researched!

  • @marclodge2058
    @marclodge2058 5 місяців тому +2

    Interesting

  • @gee2874
    @gee2874 5 місяців тому +3

    I’m born and live in England and already knew this THANKS for bringing this to attention

  • @calligraphy4851
    @calligraphy4851 5 місяців тому +9

    3:20 Sorry Alex but Queen Victoria died in Jan 1901.
    Her great grandson, George VI became King on December 11, 1936 after is brother, King Edward VIII, abdicated. Edward was King from Jan 1936 to December 1936 but his coronation never happened because a one bag a tings.
    King George VI, Edward's brother, was coronated on May 12, 1937

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  5 місяців тому +2

      That was a mistake, it was suppose to be king george

    • @calligraphy4851
      @calligraphy4851 5 місяців тому +1

      @@EliteJamaica ok. Bless up

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  5 місяців тому +1

      @calligraphy4851 bless and thanks for pointing that out

    • @carolcox2840
      @carolcox2840 5 місяців тому +1

      Re-.George v1..there is a building at the intersection of maxfield and Spanish twn rd near to .majestic. cinema with his name built in 1937

  • @sandyb1501
    @sandyb1501 Місяць тому

    Thank u for this history lesson because I live near an dats where I shop this is new to me maybe dats the reason why people always have to die in there

  • @rohanwelsh9944
    @rohanwelsh9944 Місяць тому

    Yes indeed

  • @AnnetteDacosta
    @AnnetteDacosta 4 місяці тому

    Alex good morning I think you could visit the market one if these days and ask the vendors there if they noticed anything strange there in the market because some of these vendors sleep at the market so you could get their feed back from them the vendors

  • @telltraceyyoursecret4529
    @telltraceyyoursecret4529 5 місяців тому +4

    Stop calling African “slaves” please say “ENSLAVED” our pple were not slave before they were taken into slavery

  • @AnthonyRamsay-tg8xg
    @AnthonyRamsay-tg8xg 5 місяців тому +3

    They didn't have to do that....send them back if they were not selected.

  • @khalbailey941
    @khalbailey941 5 місяців тому +1

    Tivoli is a grave yard too, that is why those places act up violently so sometimes!

  • @skbosdgame8435
    @skbosdgame8435 5 місяців тому +2

    Appreciate the history teachings keep up the good work Sir and the EliteJamaica Family 🫡✊🏾

  • @bridgetteduncan503
    @bridgetteduncan503 Місяць тому

    Grass yard was separate and apart from coronation market, I don’t know if they later merged but growing up we went to the market for provisions and grass yard for coal and fish.

  • @byronshepherd222
    @byronshepherd222 5 місяців тому

    I didn't know anything about this and I study history. But thanks for the info.

  • @sheronrobinson1544
    @sheronrobinson1544 4 місяці тому

    Coronation market build on a ancestor cemetry, mayb that is why it was burn down some years ago if my memory serves me correct, WOW 😮

  • @marciabrandon2423
    @marciabrandon2423 5 місяців тому +1

    Hmmm dem.get taught!😮

  • @Elsa-e2z
    @Elsa-e2z 28 днів тому

    I nelieve csz I saw couple hrsve stones in the side walk near the trsin line one day, the side walk was disintigrsting but they fixed it fast

  • @DavidJohnson-kq3lt
    @DavidJohnson-kq3lt 5 місяців тому +1

    I never know about this until today. No wonder so many duppy deh a Kingston..and de a market.so I guess when you go a Cornation market a DUPPY u a buy fram

  • @Nadia-k9w
    @Nadia-k9w 5 місяців тому

    Thats why back in the days certain time no bus would pick up on orange.you had to go pass north street up top are meet the bus on king street

  • @aundreamellado6112
    @aundreamellado6112 5 місяців тому +2

    Grass yard was on spanish town Rd that area later becomes tiverley

    • @EliteJamaica
      @EliteJamaica  5 місяців тому +3

      The whole market was called grass yard, tivolli is different and was known as dungle