Remembering “The Contract”: Recollections of Bahamians
Between 1943 and 1965 an estimated 30,000 Bahamian men and women migrated temporarily to the United States on short-term contracts to work in the agricultural sector. The programme, known as the British West Indies Labor Program, was created to fill labour shortages caused when Americans left the f...
Main Author: | Tracey L. Thompson |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of the Bahamas
2012-06-01
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Series: | International Journal of Bahamian Studies |
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Online Access: | https://journals.sfu.ca/cob/index.php/files/article/view/169 |
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