Eric Williams and the Making of the Modern Caribbean

Index

INDEX Adams, John Quincy, 91 Adams, Sir Grantley: as advocate for West Indies Federation, 40; photograph of, 46; and Bustamante, 47, 51; and Chaguaramas Naval Station, 47, 82, 95, 97-98, 104,105,117, 118, 129; as West Indies Federation primeminister , 47, 48-54, 58-60, 63, 68, 82; and Williams, 47, 51, 52-53, 59, 68, 74-75, 82, 118, 179;British attitude toward, 50-51, 59; health problems of, 50; and Manley, 51-52, 179;and oil refinery in Jamaica, 52-53; and independence for West Indies Federation , 58-59; and Lancaster House Conference, 66; and Trinidad's possible secession from West Indies Federation, 68; and capital of West Indies Federation, 82, 118; compared with Williams, 165;and defense force for West Indies Federation, 171; and options for West Indies Federation after Jamaica's secession, 180,181 Africa: independence of British colonies in, 19, 95, 138, 237;nationalist movements in, 19;compared with West Indies, 31-33; and Conference in Berlin (1884-85), 31;Williams's trip to, 31, 33, 211,235,240-54, 292-93, 307; universities in, 36, 246-47; and Organization of African Unity (OAU), 70, 238-39, 240,247;per capita income in, 139,166,167;and British Guiana's political crisis, 211-12; and African diaspora, 235-38; research on, 237-38; Williams's criticisms of, 242-43, 244,247-48, 250; West Africa compared with East Africa, 243-45; technical assistance for, from Caribbean, 244-45, 248; and African unity, 245-47; Arabs in, 24546 ; boundary disputes in, 245; and communism, 245,251,293; and neocolonialism , 245,252; and slavery and slave trade, 245,247-48; West Indians in governments of, 245; currencies used in, 246; British reports ofWilliams's trip to, 248-53; and Jamaica-Trinidad joint diplomatic relations overseas, 253; and Teteron Bay mutinyin Trinidad, 299-300. See also specific countries African diaspora, 237-38 Aiken, George, 99 Airlines, 71, 72, 141, 142,145 Algeria, 19, 211,241,245-46, 252 Allen, Edwin, 96 Allfrey, Phyllis, 49 Anglo-American Caribbean Commission . See Caribbean Commission Anticolonialism, 15-39, 76-78, 136, 138-39, 148-49, 178, 277,305. See also Colonialism Anticommunism, 71, 74, 133, 134, 139, 189, 205-6, 211,252,282 Antigua: Bustamante on development of, 41;British capital grants to, 65; and Williams's plans for economic integration of Caribbean, 73; U.S. military base in, 119;and West Indies Federation after Jamaica's secession, 181; Williams's lack of interest in 340 I N D E X unitary statehood with, 183; and CABJFTA, 230 Arab League, 240 Arden Clarke, Sir Charles, 100, 103 Ashenheim, Neville, 57 Atlanta Compromise, 21 Australia, 36, 38 Bahamas, 74 Barbados: universityin, 34; Bustamante on development of, 41, 47; as possible capital of West Indies Federation, 45; Adams as leader in, 47;poverty in, 47; per capita income of, 48; and economic integration of Caribbean, 71; and British West Indian Airways (BWIA), 142; and Westlndies Federation after Jamaica's secession, 180; and unitary statehood with other Caribbean islands, 183, 193; potential federation of Leeward and Windward Islands and, 186; independence for, 193; and British Guiana's political crisis, 203-4, 205 and BigFour Conferences, 207, 209, 325 (n. 22); and CARIFTA, 230. See also specific leaders Barbour, Walworth, 103 Barrow, Errol, 203-4, 205, 207,209, 210, 233 Baxter, R. L., 152 Beetham, Edward B., 10, 78-82, 108, 109-12, 268 Ben Bella, Mohammed Ahmed, 211, 212, 252 Benn, Brindley, 212, 225 Best, Lloyd, 286-87 Biafra, 300, 333 (n. 95) Big Four Conferences, 207, 209, 211, 229-30, 325 (n. 22) Blackburne, Kenneth, 49, 55, 57, 59 BlockJacobins (James), 30 Black Power movement, 283, 287-97, 301, 302-3, 307. Seealso Race relations Blacks. See Race relations; Slavery and slave trade Blackwood, Carl, 285 Blaize, Herbert, 182-85, 190-92, 19697 Bloom, David, 297 BOAC (British Overseas AirwaysCorporation ), 142 Boos, Werner J., 117 Boyd-Carpenter, John, 145 Bradshaw, Robert, 48-49,117 British Caribbean Association, 70 British Guiana: Bustamante on development of, 41;and economic integration of Caribbean, 70-71; Western policy on, 133; Williams's policy on, 133; Sovietinfluence in, 139; and Eastern Caribbean Federation, 180; People's Progressive Party (PPP)in, 180, 198, 199, 215, 228-29; communist threat to, 198, 199, 206, 209, 21112 , 215; Crown Colony status for, 198; ethnic groups in, 198, 202; geographic area of, 198; Jagan government in, 198, 199-202; People's National Congress (PNC)in, 198-99, 215, 228-29; population of...