If you enjoy this show, would you please rate/review on whatever podcast app you use?  Thank you!   As Jamaica limped along after the Western Design, escaped slaves maintained their own colony in the island's central mountains, and pirates controlled Port Royal.  From 1661-64, Jamaica had a series of governors, one of whom lasted only 10 weeks in the role.  Modiford's defeat in Barbados, though, sent him to Jamaica and in Jamaica he began to make his mark.  He quashed all democratic governance in the colony, helped organize the privateers and established valuable crops on the island.   Intelligent Speech is coming June 25!  Get your tickets before May 15 and use the promo code RnR to get your tickets for $18!  It will be a day with dozens of presentations and panel events featuring amazing, independent history podcasters.  

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