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The journey
continues:
Proud of
Bustamante
ON FEBRUARY 24,
1884
In a humble house on Blenheim Estate
Came William Alexander
Clarke to Hanover
Our Independence
was born.
In the middle of his life came
the
hardest things to face.
The poor and middle
class people had
to strike and bring the
Government
disgrace.
He impressed his name
on this society
by writing to the authorities about
how
he felt.
About the decline in the
wealth of the
economy, and the situations of
the
people in poverty.
He provided for us the
BITU, to promote liaisons between workers
and
their employers.
To this day stands strong.
the BITU to
benefit employers, to benefit
you.
Arrested for speaking out
for the people, he did not give up the task
He
wanted us free! We did not have to ask
So he
sought our independence for us
in 1962.
No more to be under the
colonial system, no more to be under British
rule.
Our nation's first Prime Minister, who
let
us know:
`The pot of discontent is boiling.
Today,
it has reached the brim, tomorrow it may
overflow!'
That pot of discontent still boils, and
the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union still
is.
An astute
politician, nationalist and
founding father (JLP)
was he, Jamaica
and I are proud of the achievements
of
The Right Excellent Sir William
Alexander
Bustamante (1884 1977)
- Jodie Ann Francis (17 years old)
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