Title: Dollar fo' dollar
Description: The book offers a detailed depiction of the coal workers' strikes in 1892 and 1916, based on police court protocols, censuses, church books, cadastral records, newspaper articles and contemporary accounts. It is also an attempt to describe the everyday life of the coaling women whose occupation contributed significantly to the shipping industry.
Subjects: Coal trade, History, Women coal miners, Black Women, Social conditions
Places: United States Virgin Islands, Saint Thomas (Island)