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The 1655 English Invasion of Jamaica from the Spanish

The 1655 English Invasion of Jamaica from the Spanish

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In 1655, an English fleet commanded by Admiral William Penn and General Robert Venables landed near Kingston, aiming to seize Hispaniola from Spain. When that attack failed, they turned to a lightly defended Spanish outpost: Jamaica. This episode dives into the two-month military campaign that transformed the island from a neglected Spanish colony into an English stronghold. We follow the landing at Passage Fort, the Spanish retreat into the interior, and the guerrilla resistance led by Governor Juan Ramírez de Arellano and the legendary Spanish-Jamaican leader Juan de Bolas. The narrative explores how enslaved Africans and their descendants, known as the cimarrónes, used the chaos to escape plantations and form independent communities—later called Maroons—in the Cockpit Country. Listeners will encounter key battles like the skirmish at Ocho Rios and the failed English attempt to take Santiago de la Vega (Spanish Town). The episode also examines the Treaty of Madrid (1670), through which Spain formally ceded Jamaica to England, and the longer-term consequences for the island's indigenous Taíno survivors, the African diaspora, and the rise of English sugar cultivation. With vivid details drawn from contemporary accounts—including Venables's own controversial memoirs—this episode offers a fresh look at a pivotal turning point in Caribbean history. #EnglishInvasion1655 #JuanDeBolas #Cimarrónes #Maroons #JuanRamírezDeArellano #PassageFort #SantiagoDeLaVega #OchoRios #TreatyOfMadrid1670 #WilliamPenn #RobertVenables #SpanishColonialEra #JamaicaHistory #CaribbeanHistory #ColonialWarfare #Taíno #FexingoHistory #History Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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