National heroes of jamaica biography of mahatma

Marcus Garvey was born on August 17, 1887 in Saint Ann’s Bay to a stonemason and a domestic servant.

He was a descendant of African slaves (the Irish last name Garvey had been inherited by his ancestors from their former owners), meaning he was at the lowest level of the Jamaican social hierarchy Garvey attended a local church school until the age of 14 and then had to work since his parents couldn’t afford to pay for his further education.

In 1905, Garvey moved to Kingston in search for a better job.

National heroes of jamaica biography of mahatma

Soon, he joined the trade union movement and took a leading role in the 1908 print workers’ strike. When the strike was broken, Garvey was fired and struggled to find a new job, having been branded a troublemaker. As a result, he became increasingly angry at the inequalities present in Jamaican society and joined the National Club, the first nationalist organization in Jamaica.

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