Seaford Town - German Settlement in Jamaica (Jamaican History) 1990s Documentary

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  • Seaford Town is a settlement located in the parish of Westmoreland in Jamaica. It is located on the westernmost side of the island. It is commonly known as "German Town," due to the settlement of the area by Germans in approximately 1835.
    Source : JBC Seaford Town Documentary from 1980s (Hill and Gully Rider)
    #Jamaicanhistory #GermanJamaicans #Jamaicatravel

Komentáře • 937

  • @MrCoxson
    @MrCoxson Před rokem +18

    So fascinating. I´m german (living in germany). In Germany NO ONE knows anything about Seaford Town and the german descendents living there! Excellent. Danke und auf wiedersehen :-)

  • @ronnygraskopf1486
    @ronnygraskopf1486 Před 3 lety +144

    Very interesting film. My ancestors moved from Germany to Jamaica in 1837. Their names were Heinz Heinrich Siegfried Grosskopf and Catharina Grosskopf. As the 4th generation in Jamaica, my great-great-grandfather George Filipe Groskopf moved too the United States and ended up in Norway in 1914, where he found a wife and settled down. We are now Norwegians.

    • @davidetralli5795
      @davidetralli5795 Před 2 lety +17

      Wow what a joruney, thanks for sharing your family story with us :) ps Why did they move from Germany to Jamaica?

    • @ronnygraskopf1486
      @ronnygraskopf1486 Před 2 lety +13

      @@davidetralli5795 Promises of a better life and land to own and make a living on is properly the short answer.

    • @davidetralli5795
      @davidetralli5795 Před 2 lety +4

      @@ronnygraskopf1486 thanks for answering

    • @danfield6030
      @danfield6030 Před 2 lety +4

      Weird story. From the Tropics to the North

    • @lilyummy3371
      @lilyummy3371 Před 2 lety +2

      Did he go to Norway to escape the draft maybe ?

  • @Lilly-ud6qs
    @Lilly-ud6qs Před 4 lety +143

    Jamaicans in the diaspora really do need to take their learned skills back home and help lift the country economically.

    • @sharonsimon7793
      @sharonsimon7793 Před 4 lety +5

      What’s wrong with you people, that’s why our motto is out of many one people, we consist of all kinds of nationalities, we have Chinese Jamaicans, we have Syrian Jamaicans, we have Jewish Jamaicans we have Indian Jamaicans , we have black Jamaicans just to mention a few me I am Indian, Jewish,black and Portuguese and Scottish Jamaican

    • @Lilly-ud6qs
      @Lilly-ud6qs Před 4 lety +22

      @@sharonsimon7793 You sound like an incoherent fool who lacks serious comprehension skills.Where in my comment did I mention any specific ethnicity?.I was purely talking about work skills.I have no idea why you felt the need to include your admixture into this conversation as it isn't relevant to the said subject.I'm well aware of the motto,you seem to be under the assumption that I'm not from Jamaica,silly woman.

    • @sharonsimon7793
      @sharonsimon7793 Před 4 lety +1

      Oh I sound like an incoherent fool, my lovely, lovely lovely lady you can kiss my big fat yellow swift river Portland JAMAICAN ASS have a lovely lovely day

    • @Lilly-ud6qs
      @Lilly-ud6qs Před 4 lety +10

      @@sharonsimon7793 I can see that you suffer from the great affliction of having a low intellect,it's quite amusing actually.Please get the help which you so desperately need Sharon and stop embarrassing yourself.

    • @thatgirl1704
      @thatgirl1704 Před 4 lety +18

      Sharon Simon but he said nothing bad about anyone. And out of many one people is a trash motto because it is not true. The face of Jamaica are black people because the majority of the population is black.

  • @simplifiedbeauty2691
    @simplifiedbeauty2691 Před 6 lety +116

    My great grand dad came from Germany too...so I have got to love both sides...God bless them and God bless Jamaica...such a pity the crime rate is so high now...but I pray that peace, love and Joy will be restored...and that one day, everyone will be able to walk the streets freely and fearlessly!

    • @marciastewart6578
      @marciastewart6578 Před 4 lety +5

      You can, however, as in my earlier post leave jewelry at home.

    • @TheDarkDresser
      @TheDarkDresser Před 4 lety +1

      @@marciastewart6578
      Do you mean that literally?

    • @marciastewart6578
      @marciastewart6578 Před 4 lety +2

      @@TheDarkDresser ABSOLUTELY. Gold can stay home. Fashion jewelry and silver - great.

    • @TheDarkDresser
      @TheDarkDresser Před 4 lety +1

      @@marciastewart6578
      I think you mean that I should leave my gold jewelry at home (the country I'm currently living), but it's OK to bring my costume and silver jewelry with me.
      Costume jewelry yes, but I would not bring my sterling silver (925) either, although the value is less than gold, it still has some value.

    • @novlynwhite3457
      @novlynwhite3457 Před 3 lety +1

      Why live both sides and not just love people? There is much more than two sides.

  • @karlaiken6152
    @karlaiken6152 Před 4 lety +73

    Interesting and now historic video as some of these people are gone now. We need to do more videos of our country towns and villages so they record what went on now. One day it will be historic in value. Trust me. I salute the Kamekas, Wedemeyers and the Sommers families with whom I have connections through marriage. God bless Seaford Town and its people.

  • @ptseti
    @ptseti Před 4 lety +59

    One has to visit Seaford Town to experience the history and then suddenly the entire story will become real right before your eyes. Its an incredible place- the people are mixed , blue eyes, blond hair and when thry speak they are distinctively Jamaican .

    • @janinafisher101
      @janinafisher101 Před 2 lety +4

      Next visit home I would love to go to Seaford Town. Grew up in Kingston and still don't know a lot of the island. Out of many, one people fi true!

    • @maisieburrell1549
      @maisieburrell1549 Před 2 lety +3

      So tell people who are racist to come to jamaica and experience indians blacks and whites living as it should be out of many one people. There is only one human race

    • @marciaburtongordon5028
      @marciaburtongordon5028 Před 2 lety +1

      @@maisieburrell1549 you are so right God created the human race, not races, it is time that we get it right

    • @truthispower795
      @truthispower795 Před rokem +4

      @@maisieburrell1549 please stop spreading this delusion..not just because different races are in Jamaica doesn't mean..colorism , prejudice and racism doesn't exist because it does

    • @mosesthomas3976
      @mosesthomas3976 Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@maisieburrell1549 so true i feel like people from america dont have a good history so when they hear the multiracial of jamaica. they just dont get it. to me thats why i love jamaica, my grandma and other relatives look like the 4 races

  • @terry5742
    @terry5742 Před 6 lety +80

    I'm Jamaican, and to watch this made me think, "they forgot to tell us that some of us have German blood running through our veins" it's just wrong that school forgot this in our history books. Any how, I am very happy and proud to know we are after all, "Out of many, one people". Very educational.

    • @rarab22
      @rarab22 Před 5 lety +9

      I did my Ancestry DNA... I'm 4% Germany/Western Europe 1% Italian... I had about 2%British Irish whales... I was shocked to hear Germany... I've never been educated about Germans in Jamaica either. Now my DNA makes sense lol

    • @AbeJacoby
      @AbeJacoby Před 5 lety +9

      Why are you proud that you have German blood running through your veins????

    • @acematthew01
      @acematthew01 Před 5 lety

      Bern Bern is something wrong with having German blood? please do explain.

    • @annmariebusu9924
      @annmariebusu9924 Před 4 lety +7

      Terry Adell I think you would have been told. They mostly kept to themselves and not spread out. If you have white blood it will more likely be Irish Scottish or English. Anything else your family would tell you.

    • @kgbmg9318
      @kgbmg9318 Před 2 lety +4

      Stop begging...no German blood in nothing 😤😤😤go read more books 😴😴

  • @khadineevita
    @khadineevita Před 6 lety +57

    I remember watching Hill and Gully Ride with my Grandma, when I was a child.

  • @Mimi-zh7wc
    @Mimi-zh7wc Před 5 lety +82

    I was born (1960s) and raised in England to a Jamaican mother and American father. I've only been to Jamaica once, but have recently become fascinated by the history of my mother's island. Thank you!

    • @abrahamisaacmuciusiii691
      @abrahamisaacmuciusiii691 Před 4 lety +1

      What is father's race?

    • @marciastewart6578
      @marciastewart6578 Před 4 lety +5

      I have family in England too. They make it 'home' every 10 years or so. Have no fear (but leave expensive jewelry in England - no temptation). I return annually with lots of fashion jewelry. I ho everywhere. Downtown Kingston to the Craft Market or restaurants. Whether or not I'll go this year is questionable...

    • @claramiller1546
      @claramiller1546 Před 4 lety +2

      Yes it's lovely place it be even better if we could return and bill the country but they just kill return ers

    • @symonezelkin4843
      @symonezelkin4843 Před 4 lety +4

      My parents retired back to Jamaica in 2014 (I live in the UK) and I never tire of the place, people or food! Only thing I struggle with is the heat so I try to travel in their ‘winter’ months ❤️

    • @Lifestylewithjada
      @Lifestylewithjada Před 3 lety

      Eeeh the u born just after slavery done and jamaica gain independence u old man💀💀💀

  • @oscargenius28
    @oscargenius28 Před 5 lety +142

    jamaica is home to so many nation hence the motto "out of many one people" god bless mi country iyah.

    • @digitaljulesw3875
      @digitaljulesw3875 Před 4 lety +4

      Stop worshiping non blacks.

    • @tudormiller8898
      @tudormiller8898 Před 4 lety +1

      But most media outlets refer to Jamaica as a black country.

    • @tudormiller8898
      @tudormiller8898 Před 4 lety +2

      Not much difference from white south Africans.

    • @tudormiller8898
      @tudormiller8898 Před 4 lety +3

      @Legba daniels Why are you so angry with the white race ?

    • @TheDarkDresser
      @TheDarkDresser Před 4 lety +7

      @Legba daniels
      The vibe I get by reading some of these comments is that it seems that many black Jamaicans still put whites on a pedestal.
      Their fawning comments display a sense of pride that whites speak patois, just as they do, and that Jamaica's population includes whites, as if that gives Jamaica a certain cachet, when there's nothing really spectacular about either, since we were all born in Jamaica.
      But, for some reason they see it as such. I really don't understand it. They are not even aware of their bias.
      It reminds me of some blacks who are quick to point out that they're part Indian, Irish, etc, but doesn't have the same pride in claiming the part of them that is African, or they are obsessed with colorism.

  • @TheMohanroache
    @TheMohanroache Před 2 lety +88

    I’ve lived two lives, in Jamaica n in America, America is great, but Jamaica’s nurturing is unmatched. America would be greater if their kids were raised by Jamaican principles

    • @protectedearthempress3986
      @protectedearthempress3986 Před 2 lety +6

      That's true 20 yrs ago. It's the same thing everywhere u go now. Most Jamaicans embody their cultural interests/beliefs more than Americans do. Those of us raised in the 90s and prior teach our children what our ancestors taught us. Manners and respect went instinct after that.Unfortunately Jamaica has become so modernized trying to impersonate America and the result is Jamaican kids who talk to their parents like Americans do...sad

    • @soloking8976
      @soloking8976 Před 2 lety +2

      America is a CONTINENT where ties are stronger

    • @xZigZagg
      @xZigZagg Před 2 lety +3

      America ain't great

    • @freebird5215
      @freebird5215 Před 2 lety +3

      i am canadian... and i have heard this from other people... is Jamaican a Christian country?

    • @BelladoniusMonk
      @BelladoniusMonk Před 2 lety

      @@freebird5215 Yes, Jamaica is so Christian that it's national anthem is a prayer. However, Jamaica's dirt is just as dirty as America's dirt. If Jamaica is good on the left and evil on the right, then America is good on the right and evil on the left. It all balances out.

  • @dankrock
    @dankrock Před 3 lety +19

    Beautiful to see humans all working together no matter what they look like

  • @fil_britbunnyboi872
    @fil_britbunnyboi872 Před 4 lety +146

    I'm Filipino and one of my best mates is half Jamaican half English. She made the best curry goat I've ever had!

    • @sanjaypalmer8548
      @sanjaypalmer8548 Před 4 lety +2

      Great

    • @badsave-tv3569
      @badsave-tv3569 Před 4 lety +6

      Lol 🇯🇲❤️🇯🇲

    • @Melanin_Move
      @Melanin_Move Před 4 lety

      😁❤️

    • @paulsimpson8255
      @paulsimpson8255 Před 3 lety +1

      My mum's husband was a black paquio the boxer his dad was filipino

    • @fil_britbunnyboi872
      @fil_britbunnyboi872 Před 3 lety +1

      @@cramcrams7741 I'm homo sapien of austro- malay ancestry and one of my best mates is homo sapien of West African and Anglo Saxon origins. She made the best curry goat I've ever had!
      Rephrased it for you. Happy?

  • @dacia_did_that1412
    @dacia_did_that1412 Před 4 lety +31

    This is so interesting to listen n watch to learn about Jamaica's diverse nation. "Out of many one people". Proud to be a Jamaican!

  • @markfrazer2787
    @markfrazer2787 Před 6 lety +34

    never stop in seafood Town but pass true am in montego bay ,, all my family is from Montpelier love you all 🇯🇲 🇯🇲. 🇯🇲 🇯🇲 Jamaica people nice

  • @kaiimahkai3066
    @kaiimahkai3066 Před 6 lety +45

    Wow ! This programme was part of my childhood growing up... thanks for having me revisit apart of what is Jamaica historical viewing programme.

    • @mwenvlay
      @mwenvlay Před 5 lety +1

      yep, i loved hill and gully ride!

  • @truvico
    @truvico Před 4 lety +17

    When Basil died I felt it real hard... There's no program on TV (except Time Travel by Johnny Daley) that teaches and reinforce our island's history.

  • @ShouinGN
    @ShouinGN Před 6 lety +82

    Nostalgia! Sunday evenings and Hill and Gully Ride.

    • @Dwhitebling718
      @Dwhitebling718 Před 4 lety +3

      Was thinking the same thing lol. Every Sunday evening this was a must watch for my family. I'm sure I've seen this one before but it was good to refresh my memory.

    • @yazziekeem7312
      @yazziekeem7312 Před 4 lety

      It's still a thing in 2019 I remember watching it

    • @jessejames8701
      @jessejames8701 Před 4 lety +1

      Yes couldn't miss the very informative program, every Sunday religiously.

    • @pablonigma9252
      @pablonigma9252 Před 4 lety

      Tvj or CVM

    • @jessejames8701
      @jessejames8701 Před 4 lety +2

      It used to be on JBC, which is now TVJ.

  • @InthelifeofDanellejam
    @InthelifeofDanellejam Před 4 lety +24

    This is the Jamaica we need 😀. I miss it so much 😔

    • @TheEchoingPen
      @TheEchoingPen Před 2 lety +1

      Me too. I moved back here in 2019 and that Jamaica is gone. Going to visit Seaford Town to see if any culture there and maybe move back there.

  • @joypatrick108
    @joypatrick108 Před 6 lety +138

    This video puts a smile.😊 on my face. Again the motto 'Out of many we are one'. We have so many different nationalities in beautiful Jamaica.

    • @miragebeautysupply894
      @miragebeautysupply894 Před 6 lety +27

      What is wrong with you racist? The Germans came to Jamaica as indentured servents. Most escaping hard life in their Homeland. Black people aren't the only people enslavrd. We need to leave that racist crap to the Americans.

    • @gerald6919
      @gerald6919 Před 6 lety +4

      out of slavery didn't create one people.

    • @audreyhope7200
      @audreyhope7200 Před 6 lety +7

      +Maritza Piccarillo not every one is nasty .as a matter of fact every country have nasty people so don't make it look like it's only Jamaican .and lots of other big country have lots more nastier people than Jamaican.

    • @KaixMiles
      @KaixMiles Před 6 lety

      @KT KLT how you no so kmt

    • @astorm215
      @astorm215 Před 6 lety +6

      That's the oldest trick in the world they interbred so they have claims to the land. They did it everywhere it tells you who the immigrants are they switch places with us now they have the lands and we have religion.

  • @tahjayulett8001
    @tahjayulett8001 Před 5 lety +25

    My grandpa was a German baker from lamb's river ( a settlement close to Seaford town) I've been there as well as Seaford town, bethel town and Cambridge

  • @xtotalrx
    @xtotalrx Před 4 lety +17

    Ironic as a child I hated Hill and Gully Ride, as it meant cartoons were over...as an adult I would now LOVE access to their entire library!

  • @jermainebrown7634
    @jermainebrown7634 Před 5 lety +135

    Seeing these Jamaicans of German descent goes to show it's more cultural than genetic origin. They are Jamaican through and through

    • @edieselentertainment
      @edieselentertainment Před 3 lety +5

      Yeah really? That explains the mistreatment of non white people globally. It must be a cultural thing right?

    • @p.w.7493
      @p.w.7493 Před 3 lety +9

      @ Jermaine Brown
      True, but we have to remember that race has nothing to do with nationality. If it did, we would not as a nation, be able to have so much diversity yet so much in common!! In other words, we are inherently more than the color of our skin!!!💯

  • @mstash8074
    @mstash8074 Před 4 lety +17

    When he say the ppl are very friendly I felt that to heart. Our history is sad and still up to this day many of us are still suffering 😥😭

  • @alainayoung3686
    @alainayoung3686 Před 2 lety +8

    From this video it is clear that there were some excellent social programmes in Seaford Town back in the day to improve the lives of the residents of the community and surrounding areas…… my family is from the neighbouring community of Lambs River and I have always been facinated the history of Seaford Town. I really learnt a lot from this video

  • @alexandrayellop1685
    @alexandrayellop1685 Před 2 lety +14

    This is incredibly informative, thank you so much for uploading this rich history! My grandmothers people come from Catadupa, just over from Seaford and my ex-partners family from Lambs River, in the other direction. Passing through Seaford "German Town" is quite surreal, it signifies that we really are one of many! And that we all share a complex and layered history. Jamaica is so precious

    • @mosesthomas3976
      @mosesthomas3976 Před 10 měsíci +1

      OMG My family is from cambrige, its near catadupa wow

  • @tsouful
    @tsouful Před 3 lety +6

    This used to be my favourite show when I was a kid. Hill and Gully Ride

  • @simsimma9622
    @simsimma9622 Před 5 lety +23

    As a white American who has been to JA three times, I would love to go to Seaford Town! I have never stayed at a hotel in JA, and have stayed from Duhaney Park to the Orange Hills to near Fern Gully. I would love to see this area first hand. Maybe one day!!!

  • @adailydaughter6196
    @adailydaughter6196 Před 3 lety +14

    I love how people just find a way to live...grow, buy a weighing system and sell. Even when sometimes so poor how people make the best out of a situation...many people do amazing things when given the opportunities others take for granted. It's inspirational! This is really interesting. Appreciate you posting :)

  • @tiamaria44
    @tiamaria44 Před 2 lety +4

    Omg Hilly and Gully ride theme song. Criessss

  • @mrs.cracker4622
    @mrs.cracker4622 Před 5 lety +15

    That was very interesting. Thank you so much for sharing it!

  • @skaneverdies
    @skaneverdies Před 3 lety +6

    Where my wife grew up. It's a very special place, frozen in time for better or worse.

  • @donvettepalmer2466
    @donvettepalmer2466 Před 5 lety +51

    My grandfather’s ancestors came to Jamaica from Scotland and my grandmother’s ancestors were slaves. It brings back sweet memories. Indeed this Substantiate our motto, “Out of Many One People”.

    • @paulsimpson8255
      @paulsimpson8255 Před 3 lety

      What is your second name

    • @donvettepalmer2466
      @donvettepalmer2466 Před 3 lety +1

      Paul Simpson my grandfather last name was Allen.

    • @paulsimpson8255
      @paulsimpson8255 Před 3 lety +1

      Yes my grandmother was called ruby Douglas my mum's mother there from Scotland 😍

    • @cy2funny815
      @cy2funny815 Před 3 lety

      So do I met my grandfather, think he is from Scotland

    • @Lifestylewithjada
      @Lifestylewithjada Před 3 lety

      Yes scottish people also arrived in Jamaica in slavery too

  • @eugenielee3643
    @eugenielee3643 Před 5 lety +17

    My husband's family is of German descent too. They were located in Manchester but later resettled in Trelawny

  • @empressjoolz
    @empressjoolz Před 5 lety +28

    One day wen mi win di millions a wah jus guh bak home as I do nw..lol and jus help my people's and build build build different organizations yu nuh..lol chu fi real my truth...🇯🇲😘❤

    • @BedStuyBro
      @BedStuyBro Před 5 lety +3

      Build your future for you and your family. Jamaicans are doing well. Trust me. Lol. Trust me.

  • @nicholaswilliams5915
    @nicholaswilliams5915 Před 6 lety +49

    My Great Grandfather was a German and he came from Seaford Town, so its really cool seeing this.

    • @shenicasalmon9937
      @shenicasalmon9937 Před 5 lety +6

      I agree I was born there...I am from German descend

    • @abrahamisaacmuciusiii691
      @abrahamisaacmuciusiii691 Před 4 lety +2

      Did your German ancestor married a White or Black Jamaican?

    • @mawdyardie
      @mawdyardie Před 4 lety

      I'am German Jamaican so I found my People

    • @sharonb671
      @sharonb671 Před 4 lety +3

      I’m looking for my Deeble family who are part jamaican part german. My great father was german, a priest. Please if anyone comes in contact with a Deeble let me know 😊🙏🏾💚💚💚

    • @nicholaswilliams5915
      @nicholaswilliams5915 Před 4 lety

      What's there surname?

  • @AnneMarie-dt1nf
    @AnneMarie-dt1nf Před 5 lety +52

    Why are people always making stupid negative comments when people are trying to live and work together in harmony . Every thing is about colour and race .

    • @someone-wf6nx
      @someone-wf6nx Před 4 lety +4

      Because that's how the world is when it involves us black People.

    • @BKL63PRODUCTIONS
      @BKL63PRODUCTIONS Před 4 lety +1

      Haven’t seen any bad comment yet but your true, some ppl turn everything into race..

    • @gennisparry4352
      @gennisparry4352 Před 4 lety +2

      Jamaican people don’t know anything about race or racism. Know about it in America.

    • @Loveamericasave
      @Loveamericasave Před 4 lety +1

      @@gennisparry4352 that's because America is mostly a caucasian country,Jamaica is mostly African heritage country,use commen sense before making stupid comments 🙄

    • @misterlexx2721
      @misterlexx2721 Před 2 lety

      We are not Americans! We are Jamaicans. I am an Indian descent Jamaican who knows nothing about my ancestors culture but all I know is my Jamaican culture.

  • @evettburke9555
    @evettburke9555 Před 5 lety +21

    This part of History is so important to me. I always wonder about my grandparents of whom were Germans my grand mother especially. I have yet to do a full DNA test. I was born Jamaican by a mother that came from a German mother. Thank you for sharing.

    • @Lilly-ud6qs
      @Lilly-ud6qs Před 4 lety +5

      My Grandfather was German,our family is from Westmoreland.I took an Ancestry DNA test a couple of years ago and found lots of cousins (still placed in Germany) on there.

  • @stacyjd2759
    @stacyjd2759 Před 2 lety +4

    Beautiful! So much nostalgia in this one video.

  • @sparklingwellnessandbeauty
    @sparklingwellnessandbeauty Před 3 lety +14

    I thoroughly enjoyed this video. My great, great father was German who also lived in Seaford Town. As I watched this video, I can't help but wonder if I am related to the Germans who were featured on this documentary. It surely warmed my heart just watching it. Thanks for this video.

    • @BelladoniusMonk
      @BelladoniusMonk Před 2 lety

      Hey cousin 😅 Just playing ..

    • @kennethhacker3014
      @kennethhacker3014 Před 5 měsíci

      I been trying to find out when my great grandfather came to America my last name is Hacker .my research has me looking in Jamaica... maybe they left Jamaica and arrived in America in the late 18s or Early 19th century..thank you

  • @eltonbrown2344
    @eltonbrown2344 Před 5 lety +32

    Lovely stories. Good people. Life is hard for us all. All men are equal. But hard work unity and determination make the difference

  • @StNovaSt
    @StNovaSt Před 5 lety +151

    I see white people but when they talk, I hear my family from country. Blouse and skirt! Language is truly the great equalizer.

    • @az0963818
      @az0963818 Před 4 lety +4

      I know. They talk like straight up black country Jamaicans, especially the last guy. He sounds like my moms' side of the family, it's astonishing.

    • @errolnicholson4302
      @errolnicholson4302 Před 4 lety +8

      There are from Germany. They have to escape the war in there country. They travel by ship and they end up in Jamaica and now they are known as Germaicans.

    • @TM-se5jf
      @TM-se5jf Před 4 lety +20

      Smh...they are Jamaicans just like when Africans came and became Jamaicans. Hence we all speak the language

    • @jazmar0822
      @jazmar0822 Před 4 lety +17

      @@az0963818 wow you are astonished that Jamaicans speak Patois. Are you also astonished that black people of African ancestry speak French when they are born and raised in France?

    • @az0963818
      @az0963818 Před 4 lety +9

      @@jazmar0822 Don't be a smart ass please. I'm actually from a French speaking part of the world and no. I'm not astonished by French speaking black people, because I'm one of them!! Oops! Lol, ;) Let's not act like Germans speaking Patois is anywhere as common as Africans speaking French please -_-

  • @derin111
    @derin111 Před 3 lety +2

    This is amazing! I enjoyed it very much. Thank you.

  • @cliffordjohnson87
    @cliffordjohnson87 Před 6 lety +84

    Need to know more about my country live a Jamaica and dont even know these places

    • @Cubanflowers
      @Cubanflowers Před 6 lety +9

      sweetie hi.. you are not alone.. there are so many Jamaicans.. who never even went to town.... KINGSTON!.... 1 day.. in their life!... be blessed

    • @jamaicanwash6667
      @jamaicanwash6667 Před 5 lety +4

      Every Jamaican regardless of race sound alike...white; black; chinese;etc all talk alike!

    • @cognitionup5211
      @cognitionup5211 Před 5 lety +3

      If you have a car, that you should get out there more.

    • @BedStuyBro
      @BedStuyBro Před 5 lety +3

      @@cognitionup5211 Ha! A car? I rode a bike 15 miles up the mountains to Seaford and, YES, even Pisgah.
      It keeps an old man young.

    • @misterlexx2721
      @misterlexx2721 Před 2 lety

      I am from Westmoreland. I saw the diversity of racial ancestry at Manning's High School when I was a student back in the day. There were African descent, Indian descent, Chinese descent, European descent and mix races of the above.🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

  • @ryandavidson75
    @ryandavidson75 Před 4 lety +36

    Omg I love Ritas accent German and Jamaican at the same time...god....

    • @boratsagdiyev1586
      @boratsagdiyev1586 Před 4 lety +7

      All i hear is German and i think every German agrees.

    • @testingsomething5280
      @testingsomething5280 Před 4 lety +5

      @@boratsagdiyev1586 Obviously If you're not Jamaican you wouldn't hear the slight Jamaican accent...

    • @boratsagdiyev1586
      @boratsagdiyev1586 Před 4 lety +1

      ​@@testingsomething5280 According to that logic nobody can recognize a Jamaican accent except Jamaicans ? Bullshit.
      if you put her in a Berlin she'd be considered a local.

    • @darynbrown7001
      @darynbrown7001 Před 4 lety +1

      That's just English in a very German accent

    • @danielleporter1829
      @danielleporter1829 Před 4 lety +2

      @@testingsomething5280 I hear a slight Jamaican accent and I'm not Jamaican

  • @andrasfeher7795
    @andrasfeher7795 Před 4 lety +13

    I really like this documentary, the only problem I have is the label ‘lost’ being applied to Seaford Town many times here and elsewhere. As with most areas of rural Jamaica they are not rich, but stuck by to make their community one of the best pinapplr farming communities in the country.

  • @ccsretreat1513
    @ccsretreat1513 Před 4 lety +2

    Oh yes! Hill An Gully Ride, was one of my favorite programs. Great memories 💕👍

  • @ssssssssssss160
    @ssssssssssss160 Před 2 lety +4

    when I hear that hill and gully theme song that brought back so much memories as a child.

  • @jimmywhitely6648
    @jimmywhitely6648 Před 3 lety +19

    The little boy he so nervous because he stole something off the people dem property it seems like it off Ida Hackers property because as soon as he was ask if he knows her he got extremely nervous.

    • @anderslarson6813
      @anderslarson6813 Před rokem +1

      That boy Albert Brown, looks like he could be part of my dad's side family from Seaford Town

    • @firstclass3736
      @firstclass3736 Před rokem

      It could be because of inbreeding which often caused their offspring to be blind or dumb

    • @melissapowellwright3097
      @melissapowellwright3097 Před 17 dny

      😂😂

  • @hilarysutter7503
    @hilarysutter7503 Před 6 lety +9

    Nice Video, Seeford town is always a friendly place.

  • @MrMassive876
    @MrMassive876 Před 6 lety +14

    I rem this programme when I was kid growing up 😁

  • @kenrickfrancis
    @kenrickfrancis Před 4 lety +5

    Historically exciting and informative

  • @natalieparchment4036
    @natalieparchment4036 Před 6 lety +5

    Thank you for sharing.

  • @normahamilton2985
    @normahamilton2985 Před 4 lety +7

    There are many more of these folks in St. Elizabeth. Growing up in the 60s, we usually associate the term, "Pretty Dunce" with these Germans in St Elizabeth. I had no idea they were also in Seafort, Westmoreland. They are cool Jamaicans.

  • @lionjklwlf
    @lionjklwlf Před 4 lety +150

    When I hear these Germans speak, I don't see white. I see and hear my fellow islanders.

    • @yvonneb3074
      @yvonneb3074 Před 4 lety +21

      They are Jamàicans

    • @santosshalom564
      @santosshalom564 Před 4 lety +17

      @@yvonneb3074
      You are incredibly wrong. They are not Jamaicans but Germans descendants who migrated to Jamaica. That's like if my parents migrated to Japan and I was born there and I married a Black woman who parents had migrated to Japan. It doesn't make me Japanese nor my children if born there. We would be Black Jamaicans who were born in Japan, but never Japanese, only by nationality.

    • @malakyahmalla8009
      @malakyahmalla8009 Před 4 lety +8

      @Bondye Supreme u r wrong! I have a friend from Seaford Town and he is yawd man straight! No holier than thou attitude among his family.

    • @ChocolateMelanin
      @ChocolateMelanin Před 4 lety +4

      mark daniels ... cha, they need to leave Jamaica 🇯🇲 they are NOT our people 😡

    • @malakyahmalla8009
      @malakyahmalla8009 Před 4 lety +7

      @Bondye SupremeI see you are quick to embrace pseudo American terms coined by hypocritical 'civil-rights' and Political activists to keep people divided on the premise of their skin colour without substance. Before you play the race card, please research Benin, Oyo, and Dahomey to see how and where Slavery began. And as it pertains to 'my friend' and 'white priveledge', he was only on the receiving end of such treatment from fellow-Jamaicans like ourselves (girls mostly) who were innately uncomfortable in their own skin and supposed that a lighter skin tone meant better. Does slavery exist? Yes, but on both sides of the coin: blacks and whites! Moreover, if you are somebody who travels or resides overseas, you would know that the hispanics are among the world's most racists sects! Blessings!

  • @Igniting-Moments
    @Igniting-Moments Před 4 lety +1

    I enjoyed this very much. Thanks for the history...

  • @GARYINLEEDS
    @GARYINLEEDS Před 6 lety +4

    Thanks for sharing, shared.

  • @arnette3959
    @arnette3959 Před 3 lety +2

    who is watching this in 2021 wow my beautiful country out of many one people

  • @chynlee6557
    @chynlee6557 Před 4 lety +1

    I grew up watching this program in grade 5. I had loved it..’

  • @hellswindstaff91
    @hellswindstaff91 Před 4 lety +6

    my great grandfathers from my mom and dad side both migrated from Europe one from Ireland and the other from France. Great grandmother migrated from India. Somewhere in the mix i have ancestors from Spain as well. Im all mixed up lol so is my family you wouldnt think we are related but we the same. great video thanks for the upload!

  • @barbietimmermans4141
    @barbietimmermans4141 Před 6 lety +52

    My father was full German and my mother is full Jamaican. I really miss Jamaica 🇯🇲 I won’t be going back in a hurry with all the unrest going on. I remember all those beautiful sites, so unspoilt back then 👍👍👍

    • @FotoRexProductions
      @FotoRexProductions  Před 6 lety +7

      Hopefully things will get better so you will feel safe enough to visit again.

    • @barbietimmermans4141
      @barbietimmermans4141 Před 6 lety +5

      FotoRex Productions A very dim glimmer of hope that peace can be restored, while the government doesn’t seem to be doing much to maintain order.

    • @solwesfe9352
      @solwesfe9352 Před 6 lety +2

      Was your father's ancestors part of the groups that came in the 1800s?

    • @barbietimmermans4141
      @barbietimmermans4141 Před 6 lety +1

      Eb Benar Yes my father’s ancestors came in the 1800’s.

    • @solwesfe9352
      @solwesfe9352 Před 6 lety +4

      Well, you seem to consider yourself Jamaican, still, but I doubt you really would like to return when so many want to leave.

  • @virgolove4ever701
    @virgolove4ever701 Před 5 lety +3

    Woow deep history lesson thank you Gerald919...

  • @taurusnbr1
    @taurusnbr1 Před 4 lety +1

    Fascinating to see such old footage.

  • @alablksnakelonghalfpintowh4038

    Thanks Rita, GOD know your good deeds.

  • @mariapluta1609
    @mariapluta1609 Před 4 lety +20

    I never knew. Greetings from Northern Germany 🙂🌻

  • @kurt1123
    @kurt1123 Před 5 lety +42

    Alot of negative comments about crime in Jamaica... but crime is everywhere, u having mass shootings in America every week where innocent ppl are killed, i've never heard or seen any case of mass shootings in Jamaica or police pulling over someone and murder them. Yet we are going

  • @beverlyhintzen8780
    @beverlyhintzen8780 Před 4 lety +1

    Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

  • @inchargenow320
    @inchargenow320 Před 4 lety +12

    When I was growing up in Jamaica 6 of my friends pock up and move to Germany😭 didn't have a clue them was from Germany💔

  • @taku2u-owohrod.
    @taku2u-owohrod. Před 6 lety +5

    Great video. very interesting and humbling to see how these citizens of Jamaica are working and getting on together, all for the greater good!

  • @spinrash6000
    @spinrash6000 Před 2 lety +3

    I hope this history is taught in the schools it should be internationally, I truly enjoy this bit of adventure.

  • @verretvirgo2941
    @verretvirgo2941 Před rokem

    I love the documentary of Hill and gully ride ps replay this program for our generation ❤

  • @miragebeautysupply894
    @miragebeautysupply894 Před 6 lety +19

    23:02 . The cutest lil fella came over to see what all the fussing was about...😂. He is so precious.

    • @fabianbarnes4103
      @fabianbarnes4103 Před 5 lety +3

      my Dad grandad was German and also a mixed of Irish my mom half Jewish and maroon they all came from Westmoreland and St Elizabeth. yea jamaican whites are here for a long time

    • @BedStuyBro
      @BedStuyBro Před 5 lety

      The poor thing. They don't get the care they need in Jamaica.

  • @PureJamaicaMedia
    @PureJamaicaMedia Před 6 lety +5

    awesome video

  • @lornamcintosh1743
    @lornamcintosh1743 Před 6 lety +3

    This is amazing

  • @monicamartin2868
    @monicamartin2868 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Very interesting ,I love this video,I am a Jamaican but did not know this history 。

  • @jermainemiller6750
    @jermainemiller6750 Před 3 lety

    I love this great documentary

  • @tiahnelson2867
    @tiahnelson2867 Před 4 lety +15

    I want to know who is living in seaford town now?

  • @btcmewzik9613
    @btcmewzik9613 Před 4 lety +10

    Back to a time when it was much simpler to live and way less violent I love this video it's like going back in time

    • @someone-wf6nx
      @someone-wf6nx Před 4 lety

      What a silly comment. I'm a British mixed raced Jamaican and I go every year.

    • @someone-wf6nx
      @someone-wf6nx Před 4 lety +1

      Violence is every where as a tourist u safe in Jamaica

    • @btcmewzik9613
      @btcmewzik9613 Před 4 lety +1

      @@someone-wf6nx you're a silly person cause that's not what it says is it? Kmt read with understanding pls

    • @timemoney5729
      @timemoney5729 Před 4 lety +1

      Irony is that is farin people go learn badness and import it back...

    • @rfrench68686868
      @rfrench68686868 Před 4 lety +3

      That's because it's a small town in the country. Kingston was just as violent back in the 90s as now.

  • @alainayoung3686
    @alainayoung3686 Před 2 lety +2

    Big up you self Albert!

  • @olatundeakanbi4271
    @olatundeakanbi4271 Před 4 lety

    Interesting. Thanks for the documentary.

  • @oscargenius28
    @oscargenius28 Před 5 lety +116

    man thief di apple lol

  • @TheEchoingPen
    @TheEchoingPen Před 2 lety +4

    My father is from Seaford Town. I spent a lot of time there but left when I was 6. I wonder if there's any land there I can get so I can move back to see how I can help uplift the Town.

  • @theservantdavidshow9489

    Many don't know this info I appreciate u sharing

  • @andrearitch8176
    @andrearitch8176 Před 2 lety +2

    Happy see this. knowing my grandmother is from Germany

  • @wanitabarnett6517
    @wanitabarnett6517 Před 4 lety +5

    Did you know? Heartwarming to see this footage of my country. When I hear the language, truly OUT OF MANY, ONE PEOPLE.!!!

  • @thearmed1z
    @thearmed1z Před 2 lety +4

    As Jamaican now living in the United States I had no clue this place existed in the land of my birth.

  • @YBLinkz
    @YBLinkz Před 2 lety

    A one luv in a di Islands man....miss back home, good food, and legendary vibes...

  • @rickd438
    @rickd438 Před 3 lety

    Amazing documentary

  • @gavin8tor
    @gavin8tor Před 6 lety +3

    I miss this show so... :D

  • @jasonlampart5102
    @jasonlampart5102 Před 6 lety +155

    You would never learn this in a Jamaican school.

    • @thelifeliver
      @thelifeliver Před 5 lety +9

      Jason Lampart who do they neglect to teach this?

    • @theduke6174
      @theduke6174 Před 4 lety

      Why not?

    • @testingsomething5280
      @testingsomething5280 Před 4 lety +5

      @@theduke6174 it's not that it's not important, but probably just not important enough. I don't see any reason not to teach this in schools though, apart from the fact that not many people know about it.

    • @matthewbruce6038
      @matthewbruce6038 Před 4 lety +3

      So true. I didn't know this , am late lol

    • @patriciabrown3139
      @patriciabrown3139 Před 4 lety +5

      Not true

  • @polishedpolite8481
    @polishedpolite8481 Před 4 lety +1

    My goodness, this is eye-opening!! We truly are Out Of Many One People. I hope this video is in the national archives of Jamaica. As a teen I enjoyed watching Hill N Gully Ride. Thank you to the person/organization that shared this video.....it was an insightful and thought provoking history lesson.

  • @SimarpalKalsi
    @SimarpalKalsi Před 3 lety +2

    What an intresting video on a diasspora I had no clue existed or even has the possibility to exists, and this is comming from someone who has no relations with either Jamaica, nor Germany! Superb Work Guys !!!!!

  • @anthonyblackman7669
    @anthonyblackman7669 Před 3 lety +9

    The British did the same thing to us in trinidad.
    the planters wanted our ancestors to work for free after the abolition and promise them free shelter and board in exchange for their labor, but no pay,and when they refused they brought in the French and the Portuguese, and when they couldn’t handle the work they brought in the Chinese, and when they couldn’t handle the work, they brought in the East indians who also couldn’t handle the work, so they finally abolished indenturship in 1917. They had rather bring in other people and pay them, than to pay the former African slaves for their labor. what a wicked people they were. disgraceful grudging imperialist.

    • @BelladoniusMonk
      @BelladoniusMonk Před 2 lety +1

      Oh sh*+ ... From I was a child, I used to hear bits and pieces of what you are saying, but I never REALLY knew what they were talking about until you just broke it down. I feel that in my gut. Wow.

    • @maisieburrell1549
      @maisieburrell1549 Před 2 lety +1

      Not to mention that these people were also given lands. The poor freed slaves were given nutten🙄🙄left a lot of them worse off than slavery. Wonder if we german brothers and sisters in the diaspora are active in the struggle for repartriations

  • @theconstantgardene
    @theconstantgardene Před 5 lety +11

    Very interested piece of history. I was born and grew up in Jamaica and never knew about this.

    • @sandrag6575
      @sandrag6575 Před 5 lety

      Me too.

    • @karlaiken6152
      @karlaiken6152 Před 4 lety

      Be advised that if your surname is really "Gardener" then you are very likely related to people from Seaford Town as there is a large family called "Gartner", whose name was anglicised to become Gardner and Gardener.

    • @misterlexx2721
      @misterlexx2721 Před 2 lety

      I am from Westmoreland. I knew this. Manning's School, the premier high school of the parish was the melting pot of Jamaican kids from diverse racial ancestry. You definitely had African ancestry , but there were a number of mixed race kids and kids of East Indian descent, Chinese descent and European descent . I am a Jamaican of East Indian descent. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

    • @leandrocarvalho-lz5iu
      @leandrocarvalho-lz5iu Před rokem

      Unglaublich!!! Die Kinder lernen NICHTS! 🤯😱😭

  • @theservantdavidshow9489
    @theservantdavidshow9489 Před 3 lety +1

    This great information

  • @julietapper9411
    @julietapper9411 Před 5 lety +13

    Wow I am so proud watching this video sweet Jamaica love my country

    • @WEG906
      @WEG906 Před 4 lety +1

      Proud because there are white Jamaicans?? Smdh

  • @JohnDoe-rk9ef
    @JohnDoe-rk9ef Před 3 lety +4

    Im in Canada an never met half of those people but im related to many of them. This video is amazing. Thank you

    • @christinecs5760
      @christinecs5760 Před 3 lety +1

      I am from Seaford Town. So you could do your research

  • @win30034
    @win30034 Před 6 lety +5

    Thanks

  • @HummingbirdJa
    @HummingbirdJa Před rokem

    I'm planning to visit this place next month. I've wanted to do this for years.

  • @loisrobinsonrobinson1222
    @loisrobinsonrobinson1222 Před 2 lety +1

    Yes I can see my old roots,that's what we grow up with. Old days are back. I am of German decendant father German mother Jamaican. Mundy from Aberdeen .