Labour supply & ethnicity : Blacks/Jamaicans

  • United Fruit Company Papers
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Title
Labour supply & ethnicity : Blacks/Jamaicans
Identifier
A2021.001/B001(22)
Creator
  • Chiriqui Land Company
  • United Fruit Company
Coverage
Costa Rica; Panama
Publisher
United Fruit Company
Date
1918 - 1963
Description
Series consists primarily of material documenting the United Fruit Company’s employment of specific national and/or ethnic groups of workers, including Panamanian, Ngäbe, Kuna, Bribri and Jamaican workers. It includes material related to negotiations between Panamanian government officials regarding quotas on Panamanian workers, and material documenting the employment of laborers from Indigenous groups in Panama and Costa Rica. Of especial significance are the multiple letters between the company and Kuna leader, Cacique Olotebiliquina, as are a number of other letters that document efforts among the Ngäbe to organize their workers. Records include correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings and personnel lists.