On 18 March 2024, the Bank of Guyana announced the release of a G$200 commemorative coin marking the 200th anniversary of the Demerara Revolt. The coin carried the uprising into the country’s monetary and public commemorative landscape. A national currency object can make resistance visible to a broad public, although the act of commemoration alone does not resolve disputes over historical responsibility or reparations. The Bank’s announcement gives a precise date for this official bicentenary initiative.
On 20 August 2018, Guyana held a public ceremony for Demerara Martyrs’ Day at the 1823 Revolt Monument on Atlantic Avenue. President David Granger described the deaths of enslaved Africans during...
On 8 September 2019, a groundbreaking ceremony marked plans for a new 1823 Demerara Slave Revolt monument at Independence Park (Parade Ground), Georgetown. The proposed location was the site of...
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...
On 24 August 2023, President Mohamed Irfaan Ali said an apology by descendants of plantation owner John Gladstone should be accompanied by compensation and reparative justice. Ali connected the...
On 25 August 2023, Charles Gladstone delivered a public apology at the University of Guyana on behalf of descendants of John Gladstone, whose plantations relied on enslaved Africans and indentured...
👉 Bank of Guyana releases a coin marking the Demerara Revolt bicentenary
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On 18 March 2024, the Bank of Guyana announced the release of a G$200 commemorative coin marking the 200th anniversary of the Demerara Revolt. The coin carried the uprising into the country’s monetary...
On 25 March 2026, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 80/250, declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialized chattel enslavement of Africans the gravest crime against...
