Ce que disent les sources
- Quand
- 1 juin 1942
- Type
- Émeute
- Morts
- 5
- Coordonnées
- 25.00° N, 77.40° W
- Description
- labour riot in the Bahamas
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1942 Burma Road riot
Labour riot in the Bahamas
The 1942 Burma Road riot was a riot in the colony of the Bahamas on 1 June 1942 between local Bahamian workers and American contractors working on constructing military airfields over pay and conditions. Five Bahamians were killed and 114 were arrested. The riot was calmed by the Governor of the Bahamas, The Duke of Windsor negotiating a truce.
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