YAADOLOGY
← People, Legends & Living Memory

Jamaican folklore & history

Three-Fingered
Jack

The outlaw who haunted the Blue Mountains.

RESISTANCELEGEND
Three-Fingered Jack overlooking Jamaica’s Blue Mountains
VISUAL STORY 001 / History and folklore interpretation

Before you read

A story carried by both record and legend

This visual sequence comes from Shelly-Ann Shaw’s Jamaican cultural storytelling work and appears within the world of Me Granny Tell Me Seh… It distinguishes historical account from the legends attached to Jack’s name.

01 / Who Was Jack?Who Was Three-Fingered Jack visual story cardEDITORIAL ILLUSTRATION
Origins and the name history remembers.
02 / The LegendThe Legend of Three-Fingered Jack visual story cardEDITORIAL ILLUSTRATION
The supernatural claims carried through folklore.
03 / The HuntThe Hunt for Three-Fingered Jack visual story cardEDITORIAL ILLUSTRATION
The pursuit and violent end recorded in the story.
04 / LegacyLegacy of Three-Fingered Jack visual story cardEDITORIAL ILLUSTRATION
How Jack’s name continued through Jamaican cultural memory.

From the bookshelf

Me Granny Tell Me Seh…

Explore Jamaican culture, folklore and memory through Shelly-Ann Shaw’s three-part cultural book collection.

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Me Granny Tell Me Seh book coverMe Granny Tell Me Seh Part Two book cover