Progressive Association Explained

The Progressive Association was a political party in British Guiana.

History

The party was established in 1887 by Patrick Dargan, who led it until his death in 1908.^{[1] [2]} It later absorbed the Portuguese-founded Reform Association. In the 1897 general elections the party supported several candidates, including Dargan and Andrew Benjamin Brown; almost all of them were elected.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Edward A Alpers & Pierre-Michel Fontaine (1982) Walter Rodney, revolutionary and scholar: A tribute, Center for Afro-American Studies and African Studies Center, p20
2. Nigel David Westmaas (2006) A Mirror of Social and Political Ferment: The Newspaper Press of Guyana, 1839-1899, ProQuest, p129
3. http://www.guyana.org/features/guyanastory/chapter80.html Political changes (1891-1917)