On August 1 1838 - Emacipation Day in the English-speaking Caribbean
the Methodists opened a church in St Ann's Bay. Seventy years later the church was fitted with a magnificent pipe organ. It was the church attended by Marcus Garvey and his family.
Early this morning this historic building was destroyed in a fire - only the walls are still standing.
http://nljdigital.nlj.gov.jm/items/show/2808#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&xywh=0%2C-115%2C677%2C690
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/PHOTOS:_St_Anns_Bay_Methodist_Church_razed?profile=1228
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