1823 Demerara Rebellion: The Revolt That Shook the British Empire

In August 1823, thousands of enslaved Africans in Demerara made a choice that carried enormous risk: they refused to accept slavery as their fate. For generations, they had been treated as property, denied freedom and subjected to a system enforced by violence. Then, across the plantations of Demerara, they rose. The Demerara Rebellion of 1823 […]