The paper begins with the premise that an identifiable process of creolisation can be observed in Caribbean society and seeks to point to the presence of this process in the field of labour relations in the plantation society of St. Kitts. The paper argues that the descendants of enslaved Africans who made up the labouring population of St. Kitts developed "Creole" methods of labour bargaining and dispute resolution which allowed them to negotiate their industrial grievances and win improvements in working conditions while leaving the existing labour system intact.
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