๐ฏ๐ฒ Savanna-la-Mar (commonly known as Sav-la-Mar, or simply Sav) is the chief town and capital of Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica. A coastal town, it contains an 18th-century fort constructed for colonial defence against pirates in the Caribbean.
1History Savanna-la-Mar was originally established as a settlement in Spanish Jamaica.
In 1780, the town was completely destroyed by a powerful hurricane known as Savanna-la-Mar hurricane. It was rebuilt, as the port was important to the Atlantic slave trade as well as the sugar trade.
After Great Britain abolished slavery in 1833 and before the abolition of slavery in the United States in 1865, officials of the Caribbean colonies would sometimes order the examination of enslaved people that were held captive on American ships that came to its Caribbean ports. They were to choose between staying in the colony and working to gain their freedom, or remain captive on the ship sailing to the United States. In the cases of the Enterprise at Bermuda in 1835 and the Creole at Nassau in 1841โ1842, a total of more than 200 enslaved people gained freedom (by means unknown).
In at least one case, residents intervened and put themselves at risk to help others gain freedom. On 20 July 1855, Jamaicans boarded the United States brig Young America, which had put into Savann-la-Mar. They had learned that the cook, a man named Anderson (alias Nettles) had escaped slavery and therefore was considered to be a fugitive. They took him to shore, where he managed to gain freedom. (He boarded the ship with free papers in the name of Nettles.) The Jamaican magistrates did not interfere. The United States consul, R. Monroe Harrison (1768โ1858), complained to the British colonial government about the incident. He also published a letter in The New York Times a few days later warning shipmasters against having blacks as part of their crew on ships putting into Jamaica, at the risk of losing them.
1Savanna-la-Mar has a population of over 22,600 people. Savanna-la-Mar also forms the centre of the wider Cornwall County which has a population of over 600,581 people.
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๐ฎ๐ณ Srikakulam 18.3
๐ฏ๐ฒ Saint Ann Parish 18.323
๐ป๐ฎ Charlotte Amalie 18.347
๐ฏ๐ฒ Port Antonio 18.167
๐ฒ๐ฝ Coatzacoalcos 18.144
๐ฎ๐ณ Vizianagaram 18.116
๐ฒ๐ท Nouakchott 18.092
๐ฏ๐ฒ Montego Bay -77.919
๐บ๐ธ Wilmington -77.883
๐ต๐ช Chachapoyas -77.873
๐บ๐ธ Rocky Mount -77.815
๐ฏ๐ฒ St. Elizabeth -77.783
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๐ฏ๐ฒ Montego Bay -77.919,18.469 d: 36
๐ฏ๐ฒ St. Elizabeth -77.783,18.05 d: 41.4
๐ฏ๐ฒ Falmouth -77.657,18.491 d: 58.8
๐ฏ๐ฒ Manchester -77.533,18.05 d: 66.1
๐ฏ๐ฒ Mandeville -77.5,18.033 d: 70
๐ฏ๐ฒ Clarendon -77.283,18 d: 93
๐ฏ๐ฒ Saint Ann Parish -77.259,18.323 d: 93.1
๐ฏ๐ฒ May Pen -77.245,17.965 d: 98
๐ฏ๐ฒ Spanish Town -76.955,17.996 d: 126.9
Antipodal to: Savanna-la-Mar 101.867,-18.217
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๐ฎ๐ฉ Singaparna 108.11,-7.35 d: 18630.6
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๐ฎ๐ฉ Bogor 106.797,-6.597 d: 18616.9
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