John, Kesewa. 2022. 'Labour Rebellions of the francophone Caribbean: The 1930 Darboussier Strike in Guadeloupe'. In: Caribbean Seminar Series. UCL Institute of the Americas, United Kingdom 9 March 2022. [Conference or Workshop Item]

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An extensive historiography of the labour rebellions in the British colonial Caribbean has been constructed by historians of the region who have long recognised that the phenomena represent a collective, watershed moment, and the beginning of the modern Caribbean. The 1930s were, however, tumultuous for the entire colonial Caribbean: English, French, Spanish and Dutch-speaking. Using the lens of the Guadeloupean experience of what began as a strike organised by labourers employed by Darboussier, this paper will discuss the labour rebellions in the French colonial Caribbean. It argues that the character of the revolts in the French-speaking Caribbean indicate that they should be integrated into the historiography in English of phenomena which affected the region profoundly for a decade.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	History
Dates:	Date Event 9 March 2022 Completed
Event Location:	UCL Institute of the Americas, United Kingdom
Date range:	9 March 2022
Item ID:	39462
Date Deposited:	28 Aug 2025 14:39
Last Modified:	28 Aug 2025 14:39
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/39462

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