LEONARD PERCIVAL HOWELL…. TIMELINE
1887 AUGUST 17 BIRTH OF MARCUS GARVEY, ST ANN BAY JAMAICA
1889 SEPTEMBER 15 BIRTH OF CLAUDE MCKAY A PROMINENT JAMAICAN IN THE
HARLEM RENAISSANCE
1898 JUNE 16 BIRTH OF LEONARD PERCIVAL HOWELL AT MAY CRAWLE,
CLARENDON JAMAICA
1913 OCTOBER 10 OPENING OF THE PANAMA CANAL
1914 WORLD WAR ONE
1915 OCTOBER: LP HOWELL WITNESSED THE MURDER OF HIS NEIGHBOR RODNEY
BY HER COMMON LAW HUSBAND. HIS PARENTS REFUSED TO LET
HIM TESTIFY. HE IS SENT OVERSEAS
HOWELL LEAVES FOR PANAMA ABOARD A
BANANA BOAT
1917 APRIL 6, USA ENTERS THE WAR ON THE SIDE OF THE ALLIES
1918 LP HOWELL EMBARKS AS A COOK ON THE US MARINE TRANSPORT
OCTOBER 28, HIS FIRST VOYAGE TO NY ABOARD THE SS METAPAN
1920 SS LOGAN: SAN-FRANCISCO, MOURMANSK, ARKHANGELSK,
VLADIVOSTOK, MANILLE, TRIESTE, NAPLE, NY
GANDHI DEVELOPS THE CONCEPT OF NON COOPERATION LARGELY
SUPPORTER BY THE BLACK HARLEM POPUATION
1922 LP HOWELL MARRIES MYRA WILSON FROM PANAMA AND OF
. JAMAICAN ORIGIN.
1923 JUNE LP HOWELL QUITS THE MERCHANT MARINES
JUNE 18, MARCUS GARVEY IS IMPRISONED
1924 MAY 19, LP HOWELL APPLIES FR US CITIZENSHIP
1925 JANUARY 25, MYRA HOWELL ARRIVES IN NY.
1927 NOVEMBER 9, MARCUS GARVEY IS DEPORTED TO JAMAICA FROM PRISON
1928 LP HOWELL OPENS A TEA ROOM IN HARLEM
1929 AUGUST GREAT DEPRESSION BEGINS IN USA
OCTOBER MARCUS GARVEY IS ELECTED A COUNCILLOR IN MUNICIPAL
ELECTIONS KINGSTON ST. ANDREW CORPORATION
OCTOBER WALL STREET CRASH OF 1929 ALSO KNOWN AS BLACK TUESDAY AND
THE STOCK MARKET CRASH OF 1929
1930 NOVEMBER 2, CORONATIONS OF RAS TAFARI AND QUEEN MENEN
1932 NOVEMBER 18, LP HOWELL RETURNS TO JAMAICA AFTER HIS US CITIZENSHIP
IS DENIED.
1933 JANUARY TO LP HOWELL AT ST THOMAS ON THE PLANTATIONS WITH HIS MESSAGE
JULY 1934 OF RAS TAFARI AS THE CHRIST RETURNED
1934 13-15 MARCH LP HOWELL AND BRO HINES AND MANY BRETHEREN ON TRIAL FOR
SEDITION IN ST THOMAS SENT TO JAIL FOR 2 YRS HARD LABOR
23 MARCH LP HOWELL REC’D ALLEGED SEDITIOUS LITERATURE FROM GEORGE
PADMORE
AUGUST MARCUS GARVEY CONVENES A UNIA CONVENTION IN KINGSTON
1935 OCTOBER MUSSOLINI INVADES ETHIOPIA
APRIL GARVEY LEAVE JAMAICA FOR ENGLAND
1936 JUNE 20, FOUNDATION OF THE KINGS UNION . LP HOWELL MARRIES TENETH
BENT
1937 JANUARY 11, POLICE RAID ON RASTAFARI AT ST THOMAS MANY BRETHEREN
ARRESTED
OCTOBER 22, LP HOWELL ARRESTED AFTER AN ALTERCATION WITH A POLITICIAN
1938 JANUARY SERGE ISLAND REBELLION AND POLITICAL REVOLUTION IN JAMAICA
FEBRUARY 15 – LP HOWELL LOCKED UP AT BELLEVUE
DECEMBER 20
1939 APRIL 4, CREATION OF THE ETHIOPIAN SALVATION SOCIETY
APRIL: CREATION OF PINNACLE
1940 DECEMBER ST CATHERINE PARISH COUNCIL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT USE THE
POOR HEALTH OF EX SLAVES UNDER THE GUISE OF AN EPIDEMIC AT
PINNACLE AS REASON TO HARASS RASTAFARI AT THE CAMP
1941 JULY 14, FIRST RAID AT PINNACLE 72 MEMBERS ARRESTED
JULY 24, LP HOWEL IS ARRESTED AND SENTENCED TO 2 YEARS IN PRISON
1943 APRIL LP HOWELL RETURNS TO PINNACLE FROM PRISON
DECEMBER 23 DEATH OF MRS. TENETH BENT HOWELL. LEONARD HOWELL IS ACCUSED AND
ARRESTED
1944 APRIL 6, LP HOWELL FREED OF ALL CHARGES
1945 FEBRUARY 6, BIRTH OF BOB MARLEY
OCTOBER 12, ALBERT CHAN DIES. WILL ORDERS THEIR EXPULSION FROM PINNACLE.
1947 FOUNDATION OF COUNT OSSIE AND MYSTIC REVELATION OF RASTAFARI
1948 JANUARY 8, LP HOWELL ARRESTED AND SENTENCED TO 6 MONTHS IN PRISON.
1951 JANUARY 18, LP HOWELL IS ARRESTED FOR GANGA AND SENTENCED TO 2 YEARS IN PRISON
1954 APRIL LP HOWELL IS ARRESTED FOR THE ILLEGAL PRACTICE OF MEDICINE
MAY LP HOWELL TWO ADOLESCENT SONS ARRESTED UNDER FALSE PRETENSES
MAY 27, BIG GANGA RAID AT PINNACLE MANY ARRESTED AND PROPERTY SEIZED
1957 BOB MARLEY ARRIVES IN TRENCH TOWN AT AGE 12
1958 BIG RAID AT PINNACLE THE VILLAGE N HOUSES WERE BURNT TO THE
GROUND. MEMBERS MOVED TO THE SURROUDING HILLS OF PINNACLE.
1959 CLAUDIUS HENRY A POPULAR BACK TO AFRICA LEADER IS ARRESTED FOR
THE POSSESSION OF ARMS.
NOVEMBER LP HOWELL PERSECUTED AND ARRESTED FOR GANGA
1960 JUNE LP HOWELL ARRESTED FOR GANGA AT TREDEGAR PARK
LP HOWELL IS INTERNED AT BELLEVUE
* UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES STUDY RASTAFARI AT THE REQUEST OF
MORTIMER PLANNO*
1961 MISSION TO ETHIOPIA BRO DOULAS MAC, BRO FILMORE ALAVARANA AND
MORTIMER PLANNO
1962 INDEPENDENCE IN JAMAICA. BUSTAMANTE IS THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER.
1963 CORAL GARDENS MASSARE OF RASTAFARI IN JAMAICA ON THE ORDERS
OF PRIME MINISTER ALEXANDER BUSTAMANTE BRING THEM IN DEAD OR
ALIVE OR CARRY THEM TO BOGUE CEMETRY FAMOUS QUOTE
1966 VISIT OF EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE I TO JAMAICA
BACK O’ WALL RAZED APPROXIMATELY 4 MONTHS AFTER THE EMPEROR’S
VISIT.
1972 ELECTION OF PRIME MINISTER MICHAEL MANLEY A SOCIALIST
1975 AUGUST 27 TRANSITION OF THE EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE I
1978 MARCH LP HOWELL ARRESTED FOR GANGA
1979 MAY GUNMEN TERRORIZE RASTAS AT PINNACLE
1980 MICHAEL MANLEY IS REPLACED BY EDWARD SEAGA AS PRIME MINISTER
CIA ACTIVE IN JAMAICA.
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF LP HOWELL AT PINNACLE BY FOUR MEN
GRAVELY BATTERED AND WOUNDED SLASHED IN BOTH PALMS..
LP HOWELL RECUPERATES AT THE SHERATON CARED FOR BY HIS
SECRETARY MRS.GERTUDE CAMPBELL AND HER GRANDDAUGHTER LOVE.
1981 MARCH TRANSITION OF LP HOWELL
MAY TRANSITION OF BOB MARLEY
1983 PROF ROBERT HILL WRITES THE FIRST ARTICLE ABOUT LP HOWELL IN
THE JAMAICA JOURNAL.
