Dairy Farmer 4. The labour leader denounced Denham at a meeting attended by over 700 persons at the Parade on May 4, 1938. His political activism focused on uniting the African diaspora and pushing for the establishment of a society of black people which enjoys socio-political and economic freedom from colonizers. On December 5, 1964, I was the guest of Miss Eva Fenton at her apartment in Chelsea (which was once the fashionable district of London). The BITU/JLP bloc won the election with a large majority and ushered in the era of "Bustamanteeism"with its highly personalized ruleand of "political unionism." Arts Page | Presented by: Jermi-Lee Nelson, Roundabout JA | Presented by: Jermi-Lee Nelson, Copyright 2020 The Jamaica Information Service. Contribute to chinapedia/wikipedia.en development by creating an account on GitHub. Some waterfront workers who were on strike refused to return to work before Bustamante's release; regardless of what other terms were offered. The Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) was formed in 1939 and over the next few years Bustamante displayed charisma in his ability to gain significant benefits for the workers he represented. Two years after taking office as Prime Minister, then 80 years old, became ill. When the widowed Elsie Clarke married Shearer, a white Jamaican of Irish extraction, her social status was enhanced as the mistress of the Blenheim Great House. Bustamante claimed that Britain, the "Mother Country", was not aware of the state of affairs in Jamaica, because he was badly informed or mis-informed by Governor Denham. Copy of Social Studies Lesson - Read online for free. Initially, he worked as a public transit employee, but he was transferred, due to a promotion, to Panama. However, I cannot decide that my countrymen should remain in the federation. (February 22, 2023). Later, when failing health forced the aging Shearers to relinquish the lease, Robert Clarke was retained by the new management as property manager and overseer, and he took up residence in the Great House with his family. What is the contribution that religion give to the Caribbean? He was released seventeen months later. I had been introduced to her through a Foreign Service friend in Jamaica. Unlike previous Jamaican "messiahs" in the twentieth century, Bustamante focused on the material improvement of the dispossessed through direct action. The children's hospital which Sir Alexander had converted from an old army hospital was named the Bustamante Hospital for Children. She was escorted by police motorcycles to greet Prime Minister Sir Alexander Bustamante and the Governor General. By 1961 he had taken political opposition to the point where the Norman Manleyled PNP government opted for a referendum to settle the issue of Jamaica's continuing participation in the WIF. At one of these rallies when the Security Forces threatened "to open fire" on the crowd, Bustamante unbuttoned his shirt, thrust his chest forward and invited the soldiers to leave the people alone and shoot him. Personality. Small was never able to replicate the success of My Boy Lollipop, scoring only one further chart hit, a 'soundalike' called 'Sweet William'. The first general election under Universal Adult Suffrage came in 1944 and the JLP won 22 of the 32 seats. He also lived at the location and had his office downstairs, and his living quarters upstairs. Sir Alexander Bustamante (18841977) prime minister of Jamaica Quick Reference (1884-1977) Jamaican statesman. //