Walter Jekyll

Walter Jekyll (/ˈdʒiːkəl/ JEE-kəl; 27 November 1849, Bramley, Surrey, England – 17 February 1929, Bower Hall, Riverside, Hanover, Jamaica) was an English clergyman who renounced his religion and became a planter in Jamaica, where he collected and published songs and stories from the local African-Caribbean community.

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