British corporation continued trafficking of enslaved Africans to Guyana 40 years after abolition
A statue in Georgetown, Guyana commemorating an 1823 uprising in Demerara, staged by enslaved abolitionists, which was a pivotal event in the fight to abolish slavery. Photograph: MJ Photography/AlamyView image in fullscreenA statue in Georgetown, Guyana commemorating an 1823 uprising in Demerara, staged by enslaved abolitionists, which was a pivotal event in the fight to abolish slavery. When [Watson] talks about casualties, he’s attributing the deaths as a loss of property.
- ▪A statue in Georgetown, Guyana commemorating an 1823 uprising in Demerara, staged by enslaved abolitionists, which was a pivotal event in the fight to abolish slavery.
- ▪Photograph: MJ Photography/AlamyView image in fullscreenA statue in Georgetown, Guyana commemorating an 1823 uprising in Demerara, staged by enslaved abolitionists, which was a pivotal event in the fight to abolish slavery.
- ▪When [Watson] talks about casualties, he’s attributing the deaths as a loss of property.
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A statue in Georgetown, Guyana commemorating an 1823 uprising in Demerara, staged by enslaved abolitionists, which was a pivotal event in the fight to abolish slavery. Photograph: MJ Photography/AlamyView image in fullscreenA statue in Georgetown, Guyana commemorating an 1823 uprising in Demerara, staged by enslaved abolitionists, which was a pivotal event in the fight to abolish slavery. Photograph: MJ Photography/AlamyCotton Capital: ongoing seriesSlaveryBritish corporation continued trafficking of enslaved Africans to Guyana 40 years after abolitionLetter written in 1847 to Sandbach, Tinne and Company’s Liverpool office reveals it engaged in practice after receiving taxpayer-funded compensation, book saysChris Osuh Community affairs correspondentSun 23 Aug 2026 01.00 EDTLast modified…
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