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Devonshire Castle workers

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Devonshire Castle workers

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Devonshire Castle workers strike over wages, hours and deductions

📅 29 September 1872

On 29 September 1872, workers at Devonshire Castle plantation on the Essequibo coast began a strike over poor wages, long hours, task assignments and deductions. Estate management ignored their...