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 | In 1946, Adams was Leader of the House and the Workmen's Compensation Act, passed in the early '40s, was proclaimed. |
| Adams, who dethroned the plantocracy in Barbados, consistently took the case of the masses against the ruling class. |
| Sir Grantley Adams' likeness is engraved on the island's largest currency denomination - the $100 note, which many feel, though it has never been officially conceded, as a memento of his immense stature on Barbados' social and political landscape. |
| Sir Grantley Herbert Adams (1666 words) |
| Grantley Adams was admitted to the Bar at Grey's Inn and functioned as a Counsel of Her Majesty, the Queen of England. |
| Adams' association with the movement for a West Indies Federation may be aptly described as both pinnacle and pitfall of his political career. |
| Grantley Herbert Adams was, without a doubt, a charismatic Caribbean leader who fought doggedly against oppressive colonial dictates for the economic advancement and political liberation of the Barbadian masses. |
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