Norman Washington Manley MM, QC, National Hero of Jamaica (4 July 1893 – 2 September 1969), was a Jamaican statesman. A Rhodes Scholar, Manley became one of Jamaica's leading lawyers in the 1920s. Manley was an advocate of universal suffrage, which was granted by the British colonial government to the colony in 1944.
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4 July 1893 Rocborough, Manchester, Jamaica
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Died |
2 September 1969 (aged 76) Kingston, Jamaica
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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