The history of george william gordon

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Early life

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The George William Gordon Story - Menace or martyr Part II

When George William Gordon returned to the House of Assembly in 1863, he was more vigilant and outspoken than he was in his first stint which began in 1944. He was also a magistrate (justice of the peace), and he would visit the Morant Bay jail to see the prevailing conditions as part of his duties.

On one such visit, he made the following notes in the visiting book: “a sick prisoner should be sent to a hospital; the foul prison cesspool should be pumped out, as it had not been cleaned for five years; personal details of committal to prison and particulars of the prisoner should be recorded at the prison; prisoners should have beef once a week; a copy of ‘these orders’ be sent to the proper authority, including a recommendation that attention should be given to the religious needs of the prisoners”.

Soon after, Governor Darling went on leave, but before he left, he let Gordon know in no ambiguous terms that Gordon had overstepped his boundary. But Gordon was not moved. Some members wished he would not return, because of the shaky state of affairs in the Assembly. Edward John Eyre had come to govern while Darling was on leave. But his incompetence was glaring from the start, causing much r

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Alexander Bustamante was born William Alexander Clarke, in Blenheim, Hanover, on February 24, 1884. His parents were Robert Clarke, an Irish-descended book-keeper and Mary Clarke, nee Wilson, a small farmer. Poverty ruled out any significant amount of schooling for this young man. Very early, after completing primary school at Cacoon, William started to work as a Clerk under Alexander James, grandfather to P. J. (Percival James) Patterson.

In 1905 he travelled across Latin America and the Mediterranean, beginning at that point his trade union involvement. When he returned to Jamaica in 1934, he had a new name: Alejandro Bustamante. That name, however, was in 1944 changed to Alexander Bustamante by way of deed poll.

Between 1934 and 1938, Sir Alexander Bustamante swamped the press with letters denouncing the social conditions of Jamaica and demanded a better deal for poor and under-privileged people. In 1937, he became treasurer of the Jamaica Workers and Tradesmen’s Union, led by future legislator, Allan George St. Claver Coombs.

In 1938, there were stages of unrest in Kingston as angry workers who began to follow Bustamante took to various strike actions. These incidents culminated into Bustamante, on May 24, being refused permission to stage any meeting in Kingston.