📅 18 Augustus 1823
Thousands of enslaved people in Demerara rose against plantation authority. They organized across estates and sought freedom, amid rumors that emancipation had been granted in Britain but withheld...
📅 25 December 1831
A mass strike and uprising began in western Jamaica during Christmas. Samuel Sharpe and other organizers used church networks to coordinate a demand for freedom and wages; the movement escalated...
📅 9 November 1764
A Jamaican statute freed Cato, who had informed colonial officials about the 1760 uprising and helped pursue rebels. The assembly paid his enslaver £70 as compensation. The act records a coerced...
📅 18 Augustus 2023
On 18 August 2023, Guyana marked 200 years since the Demerara Revolt began. The commemorations included public and scholarly events, while President Mohamed Irfaan Ali urged Guyanese to protect...
