On 3 August 1834, workers on the Essequibo coast resisted plantation demands under the new apprenticeship system. Some understood the August 1 change to mean freedom from plantation labor; colonial...
On 7 November 1839, eighty-three free men and women from five plantations purchased Plantation Northbrook, later known as Victoria. Collective purchase created a base for community life and economic...
On 3 August 1869, workers at Plantation Leonora on the West Coast Demerara refused work amid a dispute rooted in withheld wages, wage reductions and difficult labor conditions. A shovel gang...
On 1 January 1920, outstanding indenture contracts in British Guiana were officially brought to an end, according to Guyanese historical accounts. This legal closure followed India’s 1917 ban on...
