This article focuses on the role of minor ports in eighteenth-century Jamaica. It examines the island's western ports of Montego Bay, Lucea, and Savanna-la-mar. In 1766, the British Parliament passed the Free Port Act of Jamaica, which resulted in an increase in sailing traffic from neighbouring Caribbean colonies and other colonies and kingdoms in the Atlantic world. By mid-eighteenth century, western Jamaica experienced a significent amount of growth in its commercial, agricultural, and communication sectors. In addition, enslaved Africans and Scottish emigrants arrived directly from West Africa and Scotland to minor ports in western Jamaica. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]