A list of massacres that have occurred in Jamaica:
NameDateLocationDeathsNotesBaptist War executionsDecember 1831–1832Colony of Jamaica312+Mass executions following the failed slave rebellion in British–controlled Jamaica.Lima massacreJanuary 1832Lima, Saint James Parish200200 unarmed slaves including men, women and children were killed following the 1831–1832 Christmas Rebellion in the Baptist War in Lima Square near Adelphi in Saint James Parish.Morant Bay massacreOctober 1865St. Thomas in the East439439 Black Jamaicans were executed following an attempted rebellion, 85 without trial.Coral Gardens incidentAcross the country8Mass arrest of Rastafari members.Green Bay MassacreGreen Bay firing range, Port Henderson, Jamaica5Politically motivated.Cherry Tree Lane massacreAugust 11, 2024Cherry Tree Lane,Clarendon Parish88 were killed in two shootings in Cherry Tree Lane by gang members.
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