Panama Money in Barbados, 1900-1920: 1900-1920

by Bonham C. Richardson

Book Overview

On January 18, 1905, hundreds of black men left Barbados aboard a steamer for panama. They were the first Barbadian contract workers dispatched to dog the Panama Canal. In the next decade, 45,000 Barbadian men and women - one-quarter of the islands human population - traveled to the isthmus. They sent home and brought back to Barbados funds in excess of 1 million. The surge of money created irrevocable social changes on Barbados, undermining elements...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572333065
• ISBN13: 9781572333062
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"