Sheridan discusses some of the common endeavours he shared with Douglas Gordon Hawkins Hall concerning the West Indian Economic and Social History. Foremost among the historians of the transition from slavery to freedom in individual West Indian colonies is Douglas Hall, whose contributions to West Indian history and culture are manifold.;
The Awardee for the 30th Norman Washington Manley Award for Excellence was Jamaican historian Douglas Hall. The Norman Washington Manley Foundation decided that the award this year should go to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the nation in the field of history. Here, Bryan describes the 1999 recepient of the Norman Washington Manley Award for Excellence, Professor Douglas Gordon Hawkins Hall.;