Sledge came from what would now be classified as a middle
class family his father worked hard and owned his own home in
Kingston, Jamaica. Sledge however decided to take a different
road, he became a Rastafarian! Seen by the 1930s Colonial
government as rogues and described as natty head and dutty
Rasta! To legitimize the brutalization of this new culture they were
charged with Treason a crime punishable with imprisonment or
death- many died. Mortimo Planno, took Sledge under his wing
after Sledge had witnessed the slaying of his only brother Oscar
on the streets...

Sledge came from what would now be classified as a middle
class family his father worked hard and owned his own home in
Kingston, Jamaica. Sledge however decided to take a different
road, he became a Rastafarian! Seen by the 1930s Colonial
government as rogues and described as natty head and dutty
Rasta! To legitimize the brutalization of this new culture they were
charged with Treason a crime punishable with imprisonment or
death- many died. Mortimo Planno, took Sledge under his wing
after Sledge had witnessed the slaying of his only brother Oscar
on the streets...