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• Report of the Case of the Queen v. Edward John Eyre, on His Prosecution, in the Court of Queen's Bench, For High Crimes and Misdemeanours Alleged to Have Been Committed By Him in His Office as Governor of Jamaica: Containing the Evidence, (Taken from the Depositions), the Indictment, and the Charge of Mr. Justice Blackburn (London: Chapman and Hall, 1868), ed. by W. F. Finlason, contrib. by Edward John Eyre and Colin Blackburn Blackburn (page images at HathiTrust)
• The reign of terror: a narrative of facts concerning ex-Governor Eyre, George William Gordon, and the Jamaica atrocities. ([Printed by W. Nichols], 1868), by Henry Bleby (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chronicle of the rebellion of 1865 ([publisher not identified], 1865) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The negro and Jamaica. (Trübner and co., 1866), by Bedford Pim (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Morant Bay rebellion. ([Kingston, 1973), by Jamaica Information Service (Jamaica) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of the Jamaica case, being an account, founded upon official documents, of the rebellion of the negroes in Jamaica, the causes which led to it, and the measures taken for its suppression ... (Chapman and Hall, 1869), by W. F. Finlason (page images at HathiTrust)
• Justice to a colonial governor, or, Some considerations on the case of Mr. Eyre : containing the substance of all the documents, discussions, and proceedings relating thereto (Chapman and Hall, 1869), by W. F. Finlason (page images at HathiTrust)
• Commentaries upon martial law, with special reference to its regulation and restraint; with an introduction, containing comments upon the charge of the lord chief justice. (Stevens and sons, 1867), by W. F. Finlason and Alexander James Edmund Cockburn (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise on martial law: as allowed by the law of England, in time of rebellion; with practical illustrations drawn from the official documents in the Jamaica case, and the evidence taken by the Royal Commission of Enquiry, with comments, constitutional and legal. (Stevens & sons, 1866), by W. F. Finlason (page images at HathiTrust)
• Addresses to his excellency Edward John Eyre, esquire, &c., &c., 1865, 1866. (M. DeCordova, 1866), by Edward John Eyre (page images at HathiTrust)
• Charge of the Lord Chief Justice of England to the grand jury at the Central Criminal Court in the case of the Queen against Nelson and Brand ; taken from the shorthand writer's notes (W. Ridgway, 1867), by Great Britain. Central Criminal Court, Frederick Cockburn, Herbert Charles Alexander Brand, Alexander Abercromby Nelson, and Alexander James Edmund Cockburn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Insurrection in Jamaica. ([New Haven, 1867), by Gardiner G. Hubbard (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of the Jamaica case, founded upon official or authentic documents and containing an account of the debates in Parliament and the criminal prosecutions arising out of the case. (Chapman and Hall, 1868), by W. F. Finlason (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise on martial law : as allowed by the law of England, in time of rebellion ; with practical illustrations drawn from the official documents in the Jamaica case, and the evidence taken by the Royal Commission of Enquiry, with comments, constitutional and legal (Stevens & Sons, 1866), by W. F. Finlason (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Negro and Jamaica : Read before the Anthropological Society of London, February 1, 1866, at St. James's Hall, London (Trübner, 1866), by Bedford Pim (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Whisperings of the Caribbean: Reflections of a Missionary (New York et al.: Benziger Bros., 1925), by Joseph J. Williams (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Historic Jamaica, With Fifty-Two Illustrations (London: Published for the Institue of Jamaica, 1918), by Frank Cundall (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Life of Edward John Eyre, Late Governor of Jamaica (London: R. Bentley, 1867), by Hamilton Hume (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Story of a West Indian Policeman: or, Forty-Seven Years in the Jamaica Constabulary (Kingston: The Gleaner Co., 1927), by Herbert T. Thomas
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• Jamaica under the Spaniards, abstracted from the archives of Seville (Jamaica, Institute of Jamaica, 1919), by Frank Cundall and Joseph Luckert Pietersz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Account of a shooting excursion on the mountains near Dromilly estate (Printed by Harvey and Darton, 1825), by Alfred (page images at HathiTrust)
• The annals of Jamaica. (J. Murray, 1828), by George Wilson Bridges (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spanish and English ruins in Jamaica, with a brief history of that tropical paradise since it was discovered by Christopher Columbus, the great navigator, and settled by his son, Don Diego Colon in 1509 as Duke of Veragua (Meador publishing company, 1946), by William B. Goodwin (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history, civil and commercial, of the British West Indies. (G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1818), by Bryan Edwards (page images at HathiTrust)
• The proceedings of the governor and Assembly of Jamaica, in regard to the Maroon Negroes: (J. Stockdale, 1796), by Jamaica. Assembly and Bryan Edwards (page images at HathiTrust)
• Histoire civile et commerciale de la Jamaique: suivie du tableau general des possessions anglaises et françaises dans les deux mondes, et de reflexions commerciales et politiques relatives à la France et à l'Angleterre. (Rosa, 1818), by Drouin de Bercy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Death struggles of slavery: being a narrative of facts and incidents, which occurred in a British colony, during the two years immediately preceding negro emancipation ... ([W. Nichols], 1868), by Henry Bleby (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of the Jamaica case being an account, founded upon official documents,. (Chapman and Hall, 1869), by William Francis Finalson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jamaica : its history, constitution, and topographical description : with geological and meteorological notes (McCartney & Wood, 1884), by John Jarrett Wood (page images at HathiTrust)
• The annals of Jamaica. (Negro Universities Press, 1970), by George Wilson Bridges (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history, civil and commercial, of the British colonies in the West Indies. (printed for John Stockdale, 1807), by Bryan Edwards and Arthur Broughton (page images at HathiTrust)
• An history of Jamaica : with observations on the climate, scenery, trade, productions, negroes, slave trade, diseases of Europeans, customs, manners, snd dispositions of the inhabitants : to which is added, an illustration of the advantages which are likely to result from the abolition of the slave trade (Printed for J. Cawthorn, 1807), by Robert Renny (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lights and shadows of Jamaica history; being three lectures, delivered in aid of the mission schools of the colony (Ford & Gall, 1859), by Richard Hill (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Jamaica maroons how they came to Nova Scotia : how they left it (s.n., 1894), by Douglas Brymner and Royal Society of Canada (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of Jamaica from its discovery by Christopher Columbus to the present time; including an account of its trade and agriculture; sketches of the manners, habits, and customs of all classes of its inhabitants; and a narrative of the progress of religion and education in the island. (E. Stock, 1873), by W. J. Gardner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Black Jamaica; a study in evolution (S. Low, Marston and Co., 1900), by W. P. Livingstone (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Studies in Jamaica history (Published for the Institute of Jamaica by S. Low, 1900), by Frank Cundall and Institute of Jamaica (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A history of Jamaica from its discovery by Christopher Columbus to the year 1872 ; including an account of its trade and agriculture; sketches of the manners, habits, and customs of all classes of its inhabitants; and a narrative of the progress of religion and education in the island (D. Appleton & company, 1909), by W. J. Gardner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lights and shadows of Jamaica history : being three lectures, delivered in aid of the mission schools of the colony : to which is added an appendix, with ... map of the island. (Ford & Gall, 1859), by Richard Hill (page images at HathiTrust)
• Black Jamaica; a study in evolution (S. Low, Marston and company, limited, 1899), by W. P. Livingstone (page images at HathiTrust)
• World's fair : Jamaica at Chicago. An account descriptive of the colony of Jamaica, with historical and other appendices (Wm. J. Pell, Printer, 1893), by Charles James Ward (page images at HathiTrust)
• The jubilee reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria in Jamaica. Being a complete account of the principal and important events which occurred in Jamaica during the fifty years reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, from the year 1837, to the year 1887, and also a full and complete account of the jubilee rejoicings in Jamaica in 1887. (Jamaica, Printed by W.Alex Feurtado, 1890), by Walter Augustus Feurtado (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biographical annals of Jamaica. A brief history of the colony, arranged as a guide to the Jamaica portrait gallery: with chronological outlines of Jamaica history. (Pub. for the Institute of Jamaica by the Educational supply company, 1904), by Frank Cundall and Institute of Jamaica (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Jamaica's jubilee : or, what we are and what we hope to be. (S.W. Partridge, 1888) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of the Maroons : from their origin to the establishment of their chief tribe at Sierra Leone, including the expedition to Cuba, for the purpose of procuring Spanish chasseurs, and the state of the island of Jamaica for the last ten years, with a succinct history of the island previous to that period (T. N. Longman & O. Rees, 1803), by Robert Charles Dallas (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historic Jamaica, by Frank Cundall (Gutenberg ebook)
• A brief relation of a victory, obtained by the forces under the command of Gen. Edward Doyley, commander in chief of his Highnesse's forces in the island of Jamaica. Against the forces of the king of Spain, commanded by Don Christopher Arnaldo Sasi, commander in chief of the Spanish forces there. (Edinburgh : Printed by Christopher Higgins, in Harts-Close, over against the Trone-Church, Anno Dom. 1659), by Edward Doyley (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• A Narrative of Events Since the First of August, 1834 (London: Printed by J. Haddon and sold by W. Ball, ca. 1837), by James Williams (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A Narrative of Events Since the First of August, 1834 (London: Printed by J. Rider, ca. 1837), by James Williams
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• A narrative of events since the first of August, 1834 (J. Rider, 1837), by James Williams (page images at HathiTrust)

• A letter from Jamaica, to a friend in London, concerning kid-napping. ([S.l. : s.n., 1682]), by T. M (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Great Britains call to repentance: or, A seasonable exhortation, to a speedy reformation and turning from these crying sins of our age as swearing and prophaning the name of God, and making a sport and game of his sacred Word, and ordinances, lest his vvrath should wax hot against us, and instead of shaking his rod, like a father, he should bring upon us that desolutiou [sic] which the poor island of Jamaco now groans under. Therefore let us speedily repent, for what can we expect, since we have sinned as well as they? Licensed according to order. (London : printed [by E. Millet,] for P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, and J. Back, [1693]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A narrative of the great success God hath been pleased to give His Highness forces in Jamaica, against the King of Spains forces; together with a true relation of the Spaniards losing their plate-fleet, as it was communicated in a letter from the Governour of Jamaica. Published by His Highness special command. (London : printed by Henry Hills, and John Field, printers to His Highness, 1658), by Edward Doyley (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• News from Jamaica in a letter from Port Royal written by the Germane princess to her fellow collegiates and friends in New-Gate. (London : Printed by Peter Lillicrap for Philip Brigs ..., 1671) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A book of the continuation of forreign passages That is, of the peace made between this Common-wealth, & that of the united Provinces of the Netherlands, with all the articles of that peace. Apr. 5. 1654. And the articles of peace, friendship and entercourse agreed between England and Sweden, in a treaty at Usall. May 9. 1654. As also the substance of the articles of the treaty of peace betwixt England and France. Given at White Hall the 20 of Novemb: 1655. From Generall Blakes fleet, the Turks in Argier do consent to deliver up all the English slaves, and desire a firme peace for ever: and in Tunnis road we battered their castle of Porta-ferina, and set on fire their fleet in the harbour. Apr. 9. 1655. Moreover, an attempt on the island of Jamaica, and taking the town of St. Jago de la viga, beating the enemy from their forts and ordnance, being a body of 3000 men, and so took possession of the island, May 10 1655. With a full description thereof. With a true narrative of the late successe ... against the King of Spains West India (London : printed by M.S. for Thomas Jenner at the south entrance of the Royall Exhange, 1657) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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