King Charles Visits Site Where 33 Enslaved People Were Hanged as Britain Faces Calls for Slavery Apology
The visit renewed pressure on Britain to address slavery’s legacy, as 33 people were hanged at the site after the 1823 Demerara Rebellion.
- On Friday, King Charles III visited Independence Park in Georgetown, Guyana, where 33 individuals linked to the 1823 Demerara Rebellion were hanged, amid renewed scrutiny of Britain's colonial legacy.
- The uprising began in August 1823 on Sir John Gladstone's plantation, where enslaved workers led by Jack Gladstone and his father Quamina demanded freedom before British authorities crushed the rebellion with brutal force.
- Campaigners protested with placards reading 'No apology will return what was stolen reparations now.' Terrence Campbell, an MP from Guyana's Unity Party, claimed police stopped activists from demonstrating near the site where Charles met indigenous leaders.
- While Charles acknowledged the 'great suffering of the past,' he stopped short of a formal apology. British Prime Minister Burnham rejected financial reparations, proposing instead 'a structured dialogue with those affected by the transatlantic slave trade.'
- Leaders from affected Commonwealth nations will discuss slavery's legacy at an upcoming summit in Antigua next week. Niambi Hall Campbell-Dean of the Bahamas National Reparations Committee argued that 'expressions of sorrow must be accompanied by meaningful action.
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King Charles Visits Site Where 33 Enslaved People Were Hanged as Britain Faces Calls for Slavery Apology
King Charles has visited a Guyana site linked to the 1823 Demerara Rebellion as Caribbean leaders renew calls for Britain to acknowledge its role in slavery and consider reparatory measures
Tribute to the victims of colonial repression
King Charles III visited the site in the capital of Guyana, Georgetown, where participants in the 1823 Dimerara Rebellion were publicly executed during British colonial rule. The king stopped at Independence Park, listened to a history of the site and viewed a plaque commemorating those sentenced to death. Charles was accompanied by Guyana's Minister of Culture, Stephen Jacobs. According to PA Media, 33 people connected to the uprising were hang…
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The Independent (US)King Charles visits execution site of 1823 uprising against slavery
The King visited the site where British authorities put down one of the largest uprisings of the colonial era
During his visit to Guyana, a former British colony, King Charles III visited the Independence Park in the capital Georgetown, where the British colonial authorities brutally suppressed the famous slave rebellion in Demerara in 1823 and hanged 33 participants, Sky News reported today.
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