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Freedom's Children: The 1938 Labor Rebellion and the Birth of Modern Jamaica
Freedom's Children The 1938 Labor Rebellion and the Birth of Modern Jamaica
Author: Colin A. Palmer
Freedom's Children is the first comprehensive history of Jamaica's watershed 1938 labor rebellion and its aftermath. Colin Palmer 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...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781469611693
ISBN-10: 1469611694
Publication Date: 2/3/2014
Pages: 432
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Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Book Type: Paperback
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