Serge Island Strike
1938
WCH: On 4 January 1938, 4-500 workers at the Serge Island estate in St Thomas, Jamaica, forced a general work stoppage on the farm. They were demanding pay increases before they would start reaping c…
WCH: On 4 January 1938, 4-500 workers at the Serge Island estate in St Thomas, Jamaica, forced a general work stoppage on the farm. They were demanding pay increases before they would start reaping c…
CLR James, anti-colonial activist, socialist historian, theorist, journalist and cricket aficionado, was born in Trinidad.