Based in Pennants, Clarendon, Robert Rumble was one of the most important grassroots campaigners for land rights in twentieth-century Jamaica.

Through his leadership of the Poor Man's Improvement and Land Settlement Association (PMILSA) in the late 1930s, he organised tenant farmers and agricultural workers to challenge unfair rents, low wages and the concentration of land ownership that had continued long after emancipation. His campaign helped force the sale of the Pennants Estate, leading to land being made available for local people, and demonstrated that ordinary rural communities could successfully organise for social and economic justice.

Although imprisoned for his activism, Rumble's work became an enduring symbol of the struggle for land, dignity and opportunity, and continues to inspire community heritage, education and social justice initiatives in Jamaica today.

Below is the ebook produced by IoJAC/ JMB about Robert Rumble:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FHh9ImF8A438qrIBynEZUy5o_KFzxJ0b/view