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TitlePlight of British West Indian and Bahamian Migrants

Date Created1959

DescriptionThis unpublished report by the Workers Defense League describes poor wages, working conditions, and housing among British West Indian and Bahamian contract workers on New Jersey farms. It compares...

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TitleNew Jersey Multi-Ethnic Oral History Project Interview with Ms. Sharda Shenoy, Indian-American

Date Created2003

DescriptionThis interview was conducted as part of the New Jersey Historical Commission Grant-funded Multi-Ethnic Oral History Project. The interviewee is Ms. Shard Shenoy. Ms. Shenoy talks about founding her...

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970), Contemporary America (1968-present)

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TitleReport of Governor Johan Rising, 1655, on New Sweden

AuthorRising, Johan

Date Created1655

DescriptionGovernor Johan Rising reports to the Swedish government and royalty on the status of New Sweden (present-day New Jersey). He also reports on other Swedish colonies in the area. He asks that single...

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TitleGila River Relocation Camp, Arizona.

Date Created1940-1945

DescriptionPictured is the Gila River Relocations Camp in which Yoshiko Hasegawa and her family lived before arriving at Seabrook Farms.

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TitleLetter of Johannes Bogaert to Hans Bontemantel, 1655

AuthorBogaert, Johannes

Date Created1655

DescriptionJohannes Bogaert, Dutch clerk of New Amsterdam (present-day New York), reports to Holland on the Dutch takeover of New Sweden. He accounts how the Dutch travelled to New Sweden and took over Fort...

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TitleMemo about Disappearance of Barbadian Workers

Date Created1945-08-11

DescriptionDuring the war, the War Manpower Commission (WMC) coordinated the recruitment of migrant guestworkers from the British West Indies. Because guestworkers entered the United States with specific...

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleRenewal of Contracts Memo

Date Created1944-11-15

DescriptionWorking conditions, housing, and wages at Seabrook Farms often failed to meet the expectations of migrant guestworkers. As this memo from November 1944 details, of the 97 Barbadian workers at Seabrook...

Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

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TitleBarbadian Workers Deportation Order

Date Created1945-08-17

DescriptionA letter from the WMC to the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization instructs officers with the agency to arrest and send the Barbadians who left their contracts to Florida for deportation.

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)