Chris Braithwaite

For the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic sprinter, see Christopher Brathwaite.

Chris Braithwaite
Born1885
Barbados
Died9 September 1944(1944-09-09) (aged 58–59)
Barbados
Known forLeader of the Colonial Seamen's Association

Chris Braithwaite, also known as Chris Jones (1885 – 9 September 1944), was a black Barbadian who was leader of the Colonial Seamen's Association in the 1930s.[1]

  1. ^ Christian Høgsbjerg, "Mariner, renegade and castaway: Chris Braithwaite, seamen’s organiser and Pan-Africanist", Race & Class, Vol. 53, No. 2 (October–December 2011), pp. 36–57.