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Marcus Garvey

On August 17, 1887 in St.Ann's Bay in the Caribbean island of Jamaica, Marcus Mosiah Garvey was born (Lawler 15). He was the youngest of eleven children that lived in the household. In 1904, after Garvey finished elementary school in St. Ann's bay he moved to Kingston which is Jamaica's capitol to work as a printer. He was pursued to move at the age of fourteen to get a job to help his family financially. After his father died in 1903 he was apprenticed as a printer and earned journeyman and foreman ranks in the trade of printing (Thomas). Garvey's involvement in a typographical union and printers' strike in 1907 and 1908 caused him trouble finding employment in Jamaica (Thomas). Garvey decided to travel and found work in Costa Rica, panama, and other places in South America.

In 1912 through 1914 he lived and attended a few college lectures in England. This was a good opportunity for him as it was the place where he first was able to meet native Africans and learn about the......


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