Tag: Caribbean

The story of HMT Empire Windrush (1930–1954)

The story of HMT Empire Windrush (1930–1954)

by | Sep 18, 2023 | , , | 0

Reading time: 5 minutes
This june will mark the 75th anniversary of the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush at Tilbury Harbour, carrying on board some 800 passengers who gave their last country of residence as somewhere in the West Indies, and many of whom would migrate as workers and would settle in Britain and help steer its economic recovery after the Second World War. But this was only one journey in the vessel’s history and this article examines its colourful, chequered, and varied life since its maiden voyage was made in 1931 to its sinking in 1954.

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‘Excessive severity’: Treason and the Grenadian Rebellion of 1795

‘Excessive severity’: Treason and the Grenadian Rebellion of 1795

by | May 8, 2023 | , , | 0

Reading time: 9 minutes
Late in the night of 2 March 1795, a rebellion broke out on the Caribbean island of Grenada. Grenada was a British colony, taken from the French in the mid-18th century. It still had a substantial francophone population. They had restricted political, religious and civil rights, particularly for those considered mixed race. The island also had a massive population of enslaved people ( around 30,000).

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