Joshua-Added Note
Assuming that Eric was right and the strike ocurred in 1962, it was a bad time to get government's attention.
"Representatives of Barbados and the seven Leeward and Windward Island colonies met in Barbados from 27 Feb-5 March, 1962. They requested that the British Government approve a new federation, known as the Little Eight, in the event of the collapse of the West Indies Federation. The UK dissolved the West Indies Federation in May 1962." [From: A Political Chronology of the Americas, David Lea, Collete Minard, Annamarie Rowe (Routledge, 2001, UK)]
Since the primary motivation of local politics in the Caribbean was anti-colonialism, this would have been Joshua's primary consideration. There were more talks in 1966 after a disputed election that kept Joshua in power but they failed to produce a federation. He was replaced by Milton Cato as Chief Minister in 1967 after the SVLP won a general election. Joshua had no furthur role in government though he remained in politics.
"Representatives of Barbados and the seven Leeward and Windward Island colonies met in Barbados from 27 Feb-5 March, 1962. They requested that the British Government approve a new federation, known as the Little Eight, in the event of the collapse of the West Indies Federation. The UK dissolved the West Indies Federation in May 1962." [From: A Political Chronology of the Americas, David Lea, Collete Minard, Annamarie Rowe (Routledge, 2001, UK)]
Since the primary motivation of local politics in the Caribbean was anti-colonialism, this would have been Joshua's primary consideration. There were more talks in 1966 after a disputed election that kept Joshua in power but they failed to produce a federation. He was replaced by Milton Cato as Chief Minister in 1967 after the SVLP won a general election. Joshua had no furthur role in government though he remained in politics.
posted by Karl Eklund at 6:19 AM
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