OP37 - West Indian Lawyer in the Gold Coast: George James
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2010-06-10T15:20:18Z, 4/19/1992 - 6/13/1992
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George James Christian was a Dominican lawyer who migrated to the Gold Coast via London in the early twentieth century. He is representative of a group of West Indians who made the return to the motherland in the late nineteenth/early twentieth century. He had a successful legal practice in the Gold Coast and was a member of the Legislative Council from 1930 until his death in 1940. The persons interviewed are Ghanaians, all of whom were either relatives or friends of Christian. Their names are given with the tapes.
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3 audio cassettes
This resource is available for research. It is the property of the West Indiana and Special Collections Division, The Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus. Copyright: The University of the West Indies.
This resource is available for research. It is the property of the West Indiana and Special Collections Division, The Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus. Copyright: The University of the West Indies.
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Dominica, Legal Profession, Christian, George James, West Indians in the Diaspora, African Diaspora, Gold Coast, Anglo-African Cooperation, Biographies, West Indian and West African Relations, Lawyers, Caribbean