Background
Love was born in the Bahamas on 2 October 1839.
Love was born in the Bahamas on 2 October 1839.
He lived, studied, and worked successively in the Bahamas, the United States, Haiti, and Jamaica. He also studied medicine and obtained a medical degree at the University of Buffalo in New New York
Love spent the last decades of his life in Jamaica, where he held political office, published a newspaper, and advocated for the island"s black majority. He worked as a teacher before going to Florida, where he became a clergyman in the Episcopalian Church. Love was an admirer of Toussaint Louverture, one of Haiti"s famous founding fathers.
After 10 years in Haiti, Love moved to Jamaica in 1889.
There he started the Jamaica Advocate, which became an influential newspaper on the island. Love used the paper as a forum to express his concern for the living conditions of Jamaica"s black population.
He was a staunch advocate of access to education for the majority of the population. He believed that girls, like boys, should receive secondary school education.
He also served as chairman of the Saint Andrew Parochial Board, as well as a justice of the peace in Kingston, the Kingston General Commissions and as a Wolmer"s trustee.
In 1906 Love"s health began to deteriorate, and by 1910 he had been forced to end his political career. He died on 21 November 1914, and was buried in the parish church yard at Half Way Tree, near the city of Kingston. Love"s activism in favour of Jamaica"s economically depressed black majority influenced later Jamaican and Caribbean activists, including Marcus Garvey.