Home to Accompong Town. 4 months in Jamaica.

[suzengrace]

I live out on the edge of Cockpit country-not far from Maroon town-and would love to drive over and meet you and visit your area..I've heard the parties there our quite impressive..Would love to contact you some way-unfortunately I can no longer PM people on this mess. board...

[irie luv]

Thanks for the invitation to show us around Accompong Town. I will surely contact you when I can make a visit. Visiting Accompong Town and the Maroons have always been on my list every since I started visiting Jamaica and doing my research on the country. I will be in contact with you to take you up on that offer.
I am glad you are healing and out of the wheelchair. Jamaica is good for healing.

[Vince]

Great paintings on da rocks!!-Glad to read this story.Thanks!!Hope to me you one day in Accompong,Thats my next goal in Ja.

[BCBud]

Interesting article in today's paper regarding the Maroons.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...lture_11924803

[Flipadelphia26]

I'd like to know more about Seaforth Town. I tried to find some info, but really only found a few paragraphs. I had no idea it even existed.

[Accompong]

I'd like to know more about Seaforth Town. I tried to find some info, but really only found a few paragraphs. I had no idea it even existed.

Part of the problem with locating Seaforth "town" is because the Seaforth that you probably saw paragraphs about is located a little north of Morant Bay in St. Thomas in the Blue Mountains.

This "Seaforth Town" is a small but representative town of poor, white Germans who came to Jamaica. Many of the immigrants who went to Jamaica signed Indenture Agreements, and became Indentured Servants. Under the terms of these Agreements, the "Master" would provide the "Servant" with his passage to Jamaica, clothes, food and drink, washing, lodging, and a small annual salary, and the "Servant" would agree to serve in Jamaica for a certain number of years.

Some of these pockets of former indentured servants can be seen in the light complexion residents of the South Coast (Black River, Treasure Beach etc.) and in other areas around Jamaica. Only a few have tried to maintain "pure blood" as they called it. Many of those with strong convictions to keep "pure", migrated into the center of Jamaica where they could live in isolation.

Seaforth in St. Thomas and "Seaforth Town" in the rugged Cockpits are two of them although, as I indicated previously, change has been coming for awhile now and I think it is a good thing too.

To get to this "Seaforth Town" you have to take a day hike out into the Cockpit Country from Accompong Town or Wait-A-Bit.

Peace and Guidance

[suzengrace]

Thanks for always sharing so much info and history..I love it !!!! And love the art rocks...can one purchase these in Accompong???

[Accompong]

Thanks for always sharing so much info and history..I love it !!!! And love the art rocks...can one purchase these in Accompong???

We ran a trial project using my neighbor pickney during my recent visit and we let them keep their painted rocks after taking the pictures. We were so amazed at how talented they were and even a 4 year old boy had the patience to paint one!

The class sessions this upcoming year are in November and December and 50 rocks are going to be selected and numbered for sale during the Celebration. You would need to be in Accompong Town for the Celebration to purchase one but we are also going to be offering them as reward for donating to the Accompong Riverstone Project on a Web Site. These will be mailed from Accompong Town to the person who donates. There are going to be other items as rewards offered at that time.

I will be posting that link when it becomes available.

The isolation of Accompong Town doesn't make it as easy to donate to as a school in Negril. Here is big hello from two of the children.

Peace and Guidance

[Vince]

^^^Agree about the rock purchase.Would like to know if any houses are for rent for a few days as well.I'm sure a nice donation would be appraicated on the rock purchase.Or maybe the kids start doing more rock paints to help support there family and themselves.I'm very sure they would be a hit!!~Much respect to the Accompong community~

[Accompong]

^^^Agree about the rock purchase.Would like to know if any houses are for rent for a few days as well.I'm sure a nice donation would be appraicated on the rock purchase.Or maybe the kids start doing more rock paints to help support there family and themselves.I'm very sure they would be a hit!!~Much respect to the Accompong community~

Hi Vince.

Just PM me concerning a place for a few nights. I have room at my house and I have many friends who do the same. We are a community that is used to having a lot of friends and relatives visiting so a lot of us have extra room. The only time things get a little scarse is around Christmas to just after the Celebration as our little town of less than a thousand swells into the thousands.

The Riverstone Project's ultimate goal is to turn these budding artists into budding entrepreneurs. Money collected for the sale of a rock goes back to the artist. We saw this firsthand when a child sold a rock, they wanted to paint two and so on.

I have been going to and living in Accompong Town on and off for over 20 years so I know a lot of of these children's parents when they were pickney and know their parents and grandparents as well. The utter safety of this community is astonishing. I have rarely ever locked a door, people can walk the streets in safety and everyone seems to always have time to smile and say hello each and every time they pass.

More information Soon Come.

Peace and Guidance