The largest group of blacks in Costa Rica is of Jamaican ancestry, most of those who came there to help with the railroad.

Blacks in Costa Rica and their Jamaican ancestry

The main purpose of the railroad was to transport coffee from the interior highlands to Puerto Limon. After the completion of the railroad, Jamaicans mostly worked in the banana plantation of the United Fruit Company. However, black people were segregated in the country and confined

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