Etymology

Sligoville

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Today it means: A village in Saint Catherine parish, Jamaica. Full definition →

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The story

Named after Howe Browne, Marquess of Sligo and Governor of Jamaica, in 1834, the year that freedom came to the enslaved people of Jamaica.

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