On this day, 22 October 1935, British colonial authorities declared a state of emergency on the Caribbean island of St Vincent to repress a rebellion against high prices to benefit sugar interests. At midnight that morning a British warship arrived to reinforce local police. Though disorder in the capital, Kingstown, had subsided, the uprising continued for two days in rural areas, and police met strong resistance in Byera’s Hill, Campden Park and Stubbs, where demands for land and for higher wages were heard. The state of emergency was continued for three weeks.
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