| Total population | |
|---|---|
| N/A | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Primarily Northwestern Jamaica, especially the ports of Montego Bay and Westmoreland[1] | |
| Languages | |
| English, Jamaican English, Jamaican Patois | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Igbo people, Igbo Americans |
Igbo people in Jamaica were trafficked by Europeans onto the island between the 18th and 19th centuries as enslaved labour on plantations. Igbo people constituted a large portion of the African population enslaved people in Jamaica. Jamaica received the largest number of enslaved people from the biafra region than anywhere else in the diaspora during the slave trade. Some slave censuses detailed the large number of enslaved Igbo people on various plantations throughout the island on different dates throughout the 18th century.[2] Their presence was a large part in forming Jamaican culture, Igbo cultural influence remains in language, dance, music, folklore, cuisine, religion and mannerisms. In Jamaica the Igbo were often referred to as Eboe or Ibo.[3] There are a substantial number of Igbo language loanwords in Jamaican Patois. Igbo people mostly populated the northwestern section of the island.
- ^ www/slavevoyages.org
- ^ Mullin, Michael (1995). Africa in America: Slave Acculturation and Resistance in the American South and the British Caribbean, 1736-1831. University of Illinois Press. p. 26. ISBN 0-252-06446-1.
- ^ "Petticoat-Rebellion". Jamaica Observer. August 6, 2001. Archived from the original on April 11, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2010.