Pree History

Pree History

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Pree History episodes

  • Henry Morgan and the City of Ash

    Henry Morgan, revered pirate turned pirate hunter, kept himself busy being a terror to the Spanish on the high seas. This episode covers his most daring expedition of all, capturing Panama, a key source of Spain's wealth in the New World. His trips would lead to the complete destruction of Panama City and loosen the grip of Spain on the Americas. He also returned home a hero and turned his back on his pirate brethren without hesitation. This is Henry Morgan, who helped shaped Jamaica's early years as a pirate haven and English colony.

    Sources:

    • Pieces of the Past: A Stroll Down Jamaica's Memory Lane. Rebecca Tortello.
    • Empire of Blue Water: Henry Morgan and the Pirates who Ruled the Caribbean Waves. Stephan Talty.
    • Empire's Crossroads: A History of the Caribbean from Columbus to the Present Day. Carrie Gibson.
    • https://blog.marinersmuseum.org/2012/10/the-difference-between-pirates-privateers-and-buccaneers-pt-2/
    • https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/03/books/chapters/0603-1st-earl.html
    • https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Morgan-Welsh-buccaneer
    • https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofWales/Sir-Henry-Morgan/

      • Intro & outro music: Music: Dutty - Vibe Tracks https://youtu.be/YeHqPHl1114

      20 min
    • Mother Seacole - The Colorful Wandering Healer

      Mary Seacole took what she learned from her "doctress" mother who cared for the British army in Jamaica and her adventures in Panama during a cholera epidemic to care for her boys during the Crimea War. Mary didn't let others, including contemporaries like Florence Nightingale, discourage her from serving the front lines.

      Sources:

      • Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands, by Mary Seacole
      • https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/mary-seacole/
      • https://gleaner.newspaperarchive.com/kingston-gleaner/2005-05-02/page-58/
      • https://gleaner.newspaperarchive.com/kingston-gleaner/2009-11-30/page-104/
      • https://gleaner.newspaperarchive.com/kingston-gleaner/2002-04-08/page-2/
      • https://gleaner.newspaperarchive.com/kingston-gleaner/1866-01-15/page-6/
      • https://gleaner.newspaperarchive.com/kingston-gleaner/1998-02-11/page-2/
      • https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Seacole
      • https://www.maryseacoletrust.org.uk/learn-about-mary/
      • https://illustratedwomeninhistory.com/mary-seacole-was-a-jamaican-born-nurse-who-helped/
      • https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A126874863/WHIC?u=mlin_n_bevpubl&sid=WHIC&xid=966b6beb
      • https://jamaica-history.weebly.com/blundellblundle-hall.html

        • Intro & outro music: Music: Dutty - Vibe Tracks https://youtu.be/YeHqPHl1114

        18 min
      • Jamaica's First Black Millionaire

        George Stiebel didn't have an easy life being half-Jewish and mixed race but he fought and won an uphill battle to make a comfortable life for his family by trying everything and never giving up. Follow George as he became a school dropout, carpenter, trader of legal and illegal goods, prisoner and stranded in South America before making big bucks. All while this went on, his heart was with his family who would bring him great joy and great tragedy. George would live on in Jamaica's heart forever as the builder of Devon House, a national treasure.

        • https://www.devonhouseja.com/about-us
        • http://jamaicagreathouses.com/devonhouse/
        • http://jamaicagreathouses.com/devonhouse/santodomingo-prison.html
        • http://old.jamaica-gleaner.com/pages/history/story0028.html
        • https://www.jpost.com/Features/Sugar-Slavery-and-Jews
        • https://jamaicans.com/much-know-george-stiebel-builder-devon-house/
        • https://jewishjournal.com/culture/lifestyle/travel/10647/
        • https://www.geni.com/people/George-Stiebel/6000000070172108871
        • https://www.geni.com/people/Sigismund-Stiebel/6000000051169344826
        • http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100804/business/business2.html
        • https://earthjournalism.net/stories/digging-into-the-mining-arc
        • Devon House Families. Enid Shields.

          • Intro & outro music: Music: Dutty - Vibe Tracks https://youtu.be/YeHqPHl1114

          11 min
        • The Mad Master of Edinburgh Castle

          In the 1770's travelers who passed too close to Edinburgh Castle, Jamaica, frequently disappeared. No one seemed willing to make the suspected murderer, Lewis Hutchinson, take responsibility for his sadistic actions until a feud with a neighbor got out hand.

          Sources:

          • Gleaner Article: Weird Jamaican Story of the Killer of Edinburg Castle (https://gleaner.newspaperarchive.com/kingston-gleaner/1948-10-24/page-2/)
          • Gleaner Article: Lewis Hutchinson, the Jamaican Highwayman (https://gleaner.newspaperarchive.com/kingston-gleaner/1963-12-29/page-8/)
          • Cundall, F. (1915). Historic Jamaica. Institute of Jamaica.
          • Nelson, L. P. (2016). Architecture and empire in Jamaica. Yale University Press.
          • Dream House | Edinburgh Castle: The residential icon of ‘yesteryear’ | Outlook | Jamaica Gleaner (http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/outlook/20200112/dream-house-edinburgh-castle-residential-icon-yesteryear#slideshow-2)
          • Dr Jonathan Hutton – All Things Georgian (https://georgianera.wordpress.com/tag/dr-jonathan-hutton/)
          • Jamaica has its own Edinburgh Castle, with a very gruesome history (https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/jamaica-edinburgh-castle-very-gruesome-17568187)
          • Lewis Hutchinson: Jamaican serial killer (born: n/a - died: 1773) (https://peoplepill.com/people/lewis-hutchinson/
          • https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/S1XbBgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1)
          • Jamaica: the country with more Campbells per head of population than Scotland | HeraldScotland (https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/13839601.jamaica-the-country-with-more-campbells-per-head-of-population-than-scotland/)
          • Murder in Paradise: Jamaica’s “Mad Doctor” Lewis Hutchinson (https://the-line-up.com/mad-doctor-lewis-hutchinson-jamaica)
          • The Killer in the Castle (https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1950/11/15/the-killer-in-the-castle)


            • Intro & outro music: Music: Dutty - Vibe Tracks https://youtu.be/YeHqPHl1114

            13 min
          • Black, Green and Gold: The Jamaican Flag's Unique Colors

            Jamaica is the only country in the world without red, blue or white in its flag (so far). How did this happen and what's the story behind that and how did the new country decide, after a long decision making process and arguments, to settle on the iconic black, green and gold? We may have a combination of black pride and Scotland to thank for the current flag design. See early flag design submission from the public here: https://nlj.gov.jm/story-jamaican-national-flag/

            Sources:

            • https://nlj.gov.jm/story-jamaican-national-flag/
            • http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100701/cleisure/cleisure4.html
            • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Jamaica
            • https://jis.gov.jm/information/get-the-facts/the-jamaican-flag/
            • http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/opinion/when-members-of-the-house-saw-black-when-members-of-the-house-saw-black_98140?profile=1607
            • http://www.flagupscotjam.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Rev-William-McGhie-rev.pdf
            • https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/revealed-church-scotland-minister-who-3951493
            • https://www.pressreader.com/uk/scottish-daily-mail/20180525/283192969032914
            • http://old.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090802/ent/ent3.html
            • https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/jm.html
            • https://nava.org/good-flag-bad-flag/
            • https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/vexillonaire/

              • Intro & outro music: Music: Dutty - Vibe Tracks https://youtu.be/YeHqPHl1114

              12 min

            About Pree History

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            "Pree" means "to look or check out something" and it also sounds like the English prefix "pre" meaning "before".