Black Labor Migration in Caribbean Guatemala, 1882-1923

Name: Black Labor Migration in Caribbean Guatemala, 1882-1923
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Frederick Douglass Opie

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University Press of Florida
05 July 2009

History of the Americas; Central government policies; Industrial relations

In the late nineteenth century, many Central American governments and countries sought to fill low-paying jobs and develop their economies by recruiting black American and West Indian labourers. Frederick Opie offers a revisionist interpretation of these workers, who were often depicted as simple victims with little, if any, enduring legacy.

The Guatemalan government sought to build an extensive railroad system in the 1880s, and actively recruited foreign labour. For poor workers of African descent, immigrating to Guatemala was seen as an opportunity to improve their lives and escape from the racism of the Jim Crow U.S. South and the French and British colonial Caribbean.

Using primary and secondary sources as well as ethnographic data, Opie details the struggles of these workers who were ultimately inspired to organise by the ideas of Marcus Garvey. Regularly suffering class- and race-based attacks and persecution, black labourers frequently met such attacks with resistance. Their leverage--being able to shut down the railroad--was crucially important to the revolutionary movements in 1897 and 1920.

By: Frederick Douglass Opie
Imprint: University Press of Florida
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 300g
ISBN: 9780813044422
ISBN 10: 0813044421
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 05 July 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Frederick Douglass Opie, professor of history and foodways at Babson College, is the author of Hog and Hominy: Soul Food from Africa to America, and a blogger at www.foodsasalens.com.