Clarksonville TV

Clarksonville TV
Preserving the culture, history and legacy of those before us.

Clarksonville - A Free Village
Parish: St. Ann, Jamaica

It was named by Rev. John Clark, Baptist minister stationed at Brown's Town in St Ann in 1835, for Thomas Clarkson, an English advocate of the abolition of slavery. It was one of the first set of free villages to be established just after emancipation. The land was purchased to be used as a settlement for ex-slaves after August 1, 1838.

Jamaica National Heritage Trust

Channel Producer and Director: Michael McLean