... of bodies. Soon after "full free", the ex-slaves began to become concerned with wages, and they followed the better wages in some cases this chase took them off the island. An island like Trinidad where there were high wages as a result of the small labour force was one of the attractive destinations. With this migration, obviously the numbers of labourers decreased ... which added to the planters' problems. In other small island states, where the white populations had been declining, the planters were forced to adopt the métayage system or to grant large holdings to the labourers to a...

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... Londoners, in Selvon's adroit handling of translated dialect in both narrative and dialogue, and in its threading of a melancholy, sometimes somber vision through the comedy, overshadowed his third novel, An Island Is a World(Thorpe 86-8) The Lonely Londoners examines the old relationship between West Indian and British culture within a new setting and is a original work in terms of its exploratory evocation ... ...

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