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Throughout the late 18th century and early 19th century abolitionist sentiments started to slowly gain popularity in England which combined with the cost of putting down slave revolts culminated in the 1830 decision to ban slavery in the British empire. This decision was treated was very unpopular amongst the elite planter class of Jamaica and they launched the [[Planters war (1830)]] seeking independence from the British empire (similar to the Virginian independence movement). Due to the overwhelming support for abolition of slavery amongst the majority black population of Jamaica as well the indifference to the plight of the planters by the white merchant and middle classes led to the planters being defeated in only 5 months.
In the second half of the 19th century Jamaica had a massive labor shortage brought upon by immigration from the island as well as a series of deadly disease outbreaks (cholera, scarlet fever, smallpox) killing almost 80,000 people. This labor shortage was remedied through the importation of Indian and Chinese indentured servants which slowly started to make up a significant percentage of the population of the island. After the [[Dutch-Spanish War|Dutch-Spanish war (1850)]] and the subsequent independence of South Tussenland, the religion of Zoikerism started to spread amongst the black population of the island. In 1861 Jamaica was given a local parliament to manage the internal affairs of the island after a series of riots by Zoikerists.
=== Independence ===
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