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6
December
1918

British West Indies Regiment mutiny at Taranto challenges racist treatment

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๐Ÿ“… 6 December 1918 ๐Ÿ“ Caribbean, Italiรซ

Caribbean soldiers waiting in Taranto to return home protested unequal pay and degrading labor assignments, including latrine work. The revolt was suppressed and its leaders punished. The episode exposes how Black colonial troops served the empire while facing racial discrimination, and why veteran status did not guarantee equal treatment.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

British West Indies Regiment soldiers

Caribbean League

Organisaties in dit Evenement

British West Indies Regiment

British Army