Constant Spring, Jamaica
Community in Kingston, Jamaica
Constant Spring
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Coordinates: 17°58′22.8″N 76°45′44.03″W / 17.973000°N 76.7622306°W / 17.973000; -76.7622306 | |
Country | Jamaica |
City | Kingston |
Parish | St Andrew |
Time zone | UTC-5 ( EST ) |
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Constant Spring is a residential neighbourhood in the north of Kingston, Jamaica .
Constant Spring plantation
Constant Spring plantation was one of the Regimental Plantations. It was developed by Lt.-Colonel Henry Archibold during the military occupation following the English invasion of Jamaica . Commander William Brayne described it as "one of the best plantations in the island". [1] : 136
Popular culture
Constant Spring is referred to in a string of mid-1970s songs, Trinity's "Three Piece Suit and Thing", Lee Perry and Junior Dread's "Sufferer's Heights", and Althea and Donna 's " Uptown Top Ranking ".
References
- ↑ Otremba, Eric (2012). "Enlightened Institutions: Science, Plantations, and Slavery in the English Atlantic, 1626-1700" . University Digital Conservancy . University of Minnesota.