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Independence Proclamation of Jamaica ]] The Colony of Jamaica gained independence from the United Kingdom on 6 August 1962. In Jamaica, this date is celebrated as Independence Day, a national holiday. The island became an imperial colony in 1509 when Spain conquered the Indigenous Taino people. In 1655, British forces took the island with hardly a fight, and the British Empire claimed it. Wikipedia