Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 3
5. A Labour Force in Transition: A Brief Historical Overview 18
6. From Slavery to Freedom. The “Baptist War” of 1831 50
7. Freedom Without Rights: The Morant Bay Rebellion of 1865 68
8. Into the Modern Era: The Labour Rebellion of 1938 94
9. Some Implications for the Jamaican Political System 134
10. Notes 143
11. Index 181