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Published: 11 November 2015
DOI: 10.1215/9780822375050-007
EISBN: 978-0-8223-7505-0
... a financial crisis for all classes, especially for freedpeople. A series of disadvantageous events further exacerbated their distress, including a hurricane, the termination of state funding for education, and the importation of Portuguese Madeirans as labor competition. Amid such dire circumstances, black...
Published: 11 November 2015
DOI: 10.1215/9780822375050-008
EISBN: 978-0-8223-7505-0
... This chapter tells the story of the 1858 uprising in the Point neighborhood of St. John’s. Job competition between Antiguan and Barbudan dockworkers sparked the outburst. Over several days, Antiguans progressed from attacking the persons and property of Barbudans to targeting Madeiran retailers...
Book Chapter

By Natasha Lightfoot
Published: 11 November 2015
EISBN: 978-0-8223-7505-0
... Sugar Duties Act crisis economy Portuguese Madeirans arson obeah theft crime protest ...
Book Chapter

By Natasha Lightfoot
Published: 11 November 2015
EISBN: 978-0-8223-7505-0
... 1858 uprising Point dockworkers Antiguans Barbudans Madeirans planters policemen women gender violence oppression freedom ...