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Front: Elizabeth II (1926-), Queen of United Kingdom, British colonies and Commonwealth of Nations

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This note is not in my collection. Scans courtesy of Tod Hunt

Front: Elizabeth II (1926-), Queen of United Kingdom, British colonies and Commonwealth of Nations

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Front: William Alexander Bustamante (1884-1977), first prime minister of Jamaica

Bustamante was born William Alexander Clarke, son of an Irish planter and a black Jamaican woman. He attended Primary school and also did private studies. He campaigned for workers' rights, and was imprisoned for his beliefs. He founded the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union, the first trade union in Jamaica. Later he founded the Jamaica Labor Party. When Jamaica became independent in 1962, Bustamante was named the new nation's first Prime Minister.

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Front: Paul Bogle (1822-1865), Jamaica's national hero

Bogle was a Baptist Deacon and a Jamaican rebel. In 1865 he led a protest march against poverty and injustice. In a violent confrontation many protesters were killed. Bogle was captured and hanged by the British authorities.

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Front: Norman Washington Manley (1893-1969), Jamaica's national hero

Manley was born in Manchester. He was a brilliant scholar, athlete, soldier and Lawyer. In 1938 he founded the People's National Party. He was instrumental in negotiating Jamaica's independence from Britain and deciding the constitution for the new nation.

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