Bedwardism

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Bedwardism is a religion of Jamaica named after Alexander Bedward (1859-1930). Founded in August Town, Saint Andrew Parishon on the work of H. E. S. Woods (A.K.A. Shakespeare) and the Baptist church. One of the most popular Afro-Jamaican politico-religious movements in 1890s to the 1920. Bedwardmism attracted thousands of followers with a call for social justice as well as socioeconomic programs for the lower classes.[1][2][3][4]

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  1. ^ A. A. BROOKS. (1917). History of Bedwardmism —OR— The Jamaica Native Baptist Free Churgh, Union Camp, Augustown, St Andrew, JA., B.W.I.. JAMAICA: THE GLEANER CO., LTD.,, 31 Pages. 
  2. ^ Stan Simpson and David Person (2003). Home away from Home:Africans in Americas Volume1 Ch19 Land of Maroons. Institute for Advanced Journalism Studies. 
  3. ^ Satchell, Veront. Jamaica {By Veront Satchell, Africana.com, 1999} (web). Retrieved on 2008-01-27.
  4. ^ Lewis, Rupert. Marcus Garvey and the Early Rastafarians: Continuity and Discontinuity (web). Ganja in Jamaica is a unit of the 'Disparities in Law and Power' project of the Interactive Science Group, an affiliate of the Research Institute for the Study of Man, in New York.. www.rism.org. Retrieved on 2008-01-27.


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