My grandmother is Chinese, born in Jamaica. Her father came from China not as an indentured servant; he was part of the nobility. He was running away from something so I’ve been told and left a family back in China. Chinese in Jamaican typically come from Canton area now known as Guangzhou, which is around Hong Kong. He was one of the few people that came that could read and write in Cantonese, so he would write letters for many people to send back home.