Chronology Various starting points for the cycle of disturbances have been proposed: the February 1934 labour agitation in British Honduras (which ended in a riot in September)Brown, p.604 the May–July 1934 sugar estate disturbance on Trinidad (which broke out on several estates in the central sugar belt, involving over 15,000 Indo-Trinidadian labourers),Lisowski, p.105 and the January 1935 Saint Kitts sugar strike.Paravisini-Gebert, p.104 In any event, after St Kitts (which turned into a general strike of agricultural labourers) came a March strike in Trinidad's oilfields and a hunger march to Port of Spain. In Jamaica labour protests broke out in May on the island's north coast. Rioting among banana workers in the town of Oracabessa was followed by a strike of dockworkers in Falmouth which ended in violence. In September and October there were riots on various sugar estates in British Guiana; there had been strikes the previous September on five sugar estates on the west coast of Demerara. In October rioting also took place on St Vincent in Kingstown and Camden Park. The year ended with a November strike of coal workers in St Lucia. After a relatively tranquil year in 1936, there was widespread unrest in Trinidad which saw unprecedented cooperation between Indo-Trinidadian and Afro-Trinidadian labourers,Brereton, p.20 in Barbados in June 1937, and Jamaica in May–June 1938. The 1937-38 disturbances were of greater magnitude than the 1934-35 ones, which had been more localized. In Trinidad, for example, the protest began in the oilfields but eventually spread to the sugar belt and the towns. In Barbados the disorder which started in Bridgetown spread to rural areas ; the official death toll amounted to 14, although some historians have claimed that the number of those killed was as high as URL In Jamaica most areas of the island experienced serious strikes and disturbances. At least two ending points have also been suggested: the Jamaican cane-cutters' strike of 1938Sutton, Constance R. (ed.). Revisiting Caribbean Labour, p.23. Ian Randle Publishers (2005), or the major February 1939 strike at the Plantation Leonora in British Guiana, which led to further disturbances.Brown, p.605
Chronology Various starting points for the cycle of disturbances have been proposed: the February 1934 labour agitation in British Honduras (which ended in a riot in September)Brown, p.604 the May–July 1934 sugar estate disturbance on Trinidad (which broke out on several estates in the central sugar belt, involving over 15,000 Indo-Trinidadian labourers),Lisowski, p.105 and the January 1935 Saint Kitts sugar strike.Paravisini-Gebert, p.104 In any event, after St Kitts (which turned into a general strike of agricultural labourers) came a March strike in Trinidad's oilfields and a hunger march to Port of Spain. In Jamaica labour protests broke out in May on the island's north coast. Rioting among banana workers in the town of Oracabessa was followed by a strike of dockworkers in Falmouth which ended in violence. In September and October there were riots on various sugar estates in British Guiana; there had been strikes the previous September on five sugar estates on the west coast of Demerara. In October rioting also took place on St Vincent in Kingstown and Camden Park. The year ended with a November strike of coal workers in St Lucia. After a relatively tranquil year in 1936, there was widespread unrest in Trinidad which saw unprecedented cooperation between Indo-Trinidadian and Afro-Trinidadian labourers,Brereton, p.20 in Barbados in June 1937, and Jamaica in May–June 1938. The 1937-38 disturbances were of greater magnitude than the 1934-35 ones, which had been more localized. In Trinidad, for example, the protest began in the oilfields but eventually spread to the sugar belt and the towns. In Barbados the disorder which started in Bridgetown spread to rural areas , leaving between 14 and 22 dead.“22 killed in 1937 riots – Morris”, Nation News, August 8, 2015 In Jamaica most areas of the island experienced serious strikes and disturbances. At least two ending points have also been suggested: the Jamaican cane-cutters' strike of 1938Sutton, Constance R. (ed.). Revisiting Caribbean Labour, p.23. Ian Randle Publishers (2005), or the major February 1939 strike at the Plantation Leonora in British Guiana, which led to further disturbances.Brown, p.605
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, leaving between 14 and 22 dead.“22 killed in 1937 riots – Morris”, Nation News, August 8, 2015