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Carmel Moravian Church Westmoreland

Carmel Moravian Church

German Gothic Style Cathedral-like Chapel built on a hill in Carmel, Westmoreland, like most Moravian Churches that were built in Jamaica. Beersheba Elementary School which was built and operated by the Moravian Church in Jamaica, was operated under the auspices of Carmel Moravian Church so as to provide primary education to the children of freed slave ancestors who fled and resided in the hilly terrain around the school after their emancipation from slavery.

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