Freedom's Children: The 1938 Labor Rebellion and the Birth of Modern Jamaica
Colin A. Palmer
Abstract
This is a comprehensive history of Jamaica's watershed 1938 labor rebellion and its aftermath. It argues that, a hundred years after the abolition of slavery, Jamaica's disgruntled workers challenged the oppressive status quo and forced a morally ossified British colonial society to recognize their grievances. The rebellion produced two rival leaders who dominated the political life of the colony through the achievement of independence in 1962. Alexander Bustamante, a moneylender, founded the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union and its progeny, the Jamaica Labour Party. Norman Manley, an eminent ... More
Keywords: Jamaica, labor rebellion, slavery, British colonial society, rival leaders, independence, Alexander Bustamante, party politics, Jamaica Labour Party, Norman Manley
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2014 | Print ISBN-13: 9781469611693 |
| Published to North Carolina Scholarship Online: July 2014 | DOI:10.5149/9781469611709_Palmer |
