The 1979 Union Island Uprising

Content Warning: This episode contains brief mentions of slavery and police brutality

In October 1979, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines became an independent state. Within this jubilation however, residents of the Grenadines still had concerns of the decades of unemployment, underemployment and underdevelopment and how these issues would fit into this new period of the nation’s history. But come December, on one of these particular islands, a group of persons choose a unique manner to address their grievances. 

Additional Knowledge

BOOKS

• Crisis In The Caribbean edited by Fitzroy Ambursley and Robin Cohen

• The Black Carib Wars: Freedom, Survival, and the Making of the Garifuna by Christopher Taylor

ACADEMIC PAPERS

• Conch Fishing Industry of Union Island, West Indies by John Edward Adams

• Union Island, West Indies: An Historical and Geographic Sketch by John Edward Adams

REPORTS:

• Global Rapid Post-Disaster Damage Estimation (Grade) Report: Hurricane Beryl 2024 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

ARTICLE

• New York Times: St. Vincent Surppresses Short‐Lived Rebellion On Isle in Grenadines

• UPI: A High Court jury, ending the longest trial in...

• The Vincentian: Union Island recalls 40 years ago

• The Vincentian: Union Island December 7 Armed Uprising: 40 years ago!

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