When three Chinese came to Jamaica
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The first, and smallest, wave, of Chinese migration occurred between 1854 and 1886when Chinese labourers were imported for plantation work. The second wave, between 1900 and the 1940's, was primarily an immigration of businessmen. The third wave consisted of Chinese immigrating to Jamaica since the 1980's.
Some 197 arrived in Kingston Harbour on November l, 1854 on the ship the 'Vampire'. Ten years later a third group of200 arrived in Jamaica from British Guiana, Trinidad and Panama. The last shipment of Chinese labourers arrived on the 'Prinz Alexander' in July 1884 from Hong Kong via San Francisco and Panama.
Migration history
The two earliest ships of Chinese migrant workers to Jamaica arrived in 1854, the first directly from China, the second composed of onward migrants from Panama who were contracted for plantation work. A further 200 would arrive in the years up until 1870, mostly from other Caribbean islands.