An Effigy for the Enslaved: Jonkonnu in Jamaica and Belisario's Sketches of Character.This essay considers the links between Jonkonnu and similar performances from the African continent, asking what Jonkonnu meant to the largest group of African-born slaves at the time Belisario finished his Sketches of Character.
Plantations and Homes: The Material Culture of the Early Nineteenth-Century Jamaican Elite: This article is about the wealth and material culture of the Jamaican elite during the age of abolition.
Art music by Caribbean composers: Jamaica was settled by Europeans who brought in a large number of African slaves to perform agricultural work, mainly on sugar plantations.
Grove Music: "Jamaican music is as varied as the people who inhabit the island. Since many are of African descent, much folk music retains features and functions of black African music, blended with elements of European (primarily British) music."
The Economy and Material Culture of Slaves: Goods and Chattels on the Sugar Plantations of Jamaica and Louisiana by 