Letter from a Ras Tafari Leader
Description
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- Who is Samuel Elisha Brown?[Please answer by clicking on the Comments tab]
- Creator
- Samuel Elisha Brown, Author
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- A letter from the Rastafarian leader Samuel Elisha Brown reprinted for the Caribbean Monthly Bulletin. It describes the state of persecution against the Rastafarian movement in post-independence Jamaica under the Jamaica Labour Party. The CERLAC Resource Center has a complete collection of the Caribbean Monthly Bulletin issues from 1963 to 1985. The Bulletin was published by the University of Puerto Rico.
- Notes
- The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is the leading conservative political party in Jamaica. Founded by Alexander Bustamante in 1943, the party represented the electoral wing of the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union. After Jamaica gained independence in 1962, the party assumed office and governed the country for a decade thereafter.
- Publisher
- Caribbean Monthly Bulletin
- Place of Publication
- San Juan, PR
- Edition
- 4, no. 10
- Pagination
- p. 5-6
- Date of Original
- 28 November 1966
- Date Of Event
- 1966
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Samuel Elisha Brown
- Collection
- CERLAC Resource Center
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Saint Andrew, Jamaica
Latitude: 17.99702 Longitude: -76.79358
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- Recommended Citation
- Brown, Samuel Elisha. "Letter from a Ras Tafari Leader." In Caribbean Monthly Bulletin 4, no. 10 (August 1967), 5-6.
- Terms of Use
- Subject to terms of fair dealing.
