Image source, PAThe King and Guyanan minister Steven Jacobs at Independence Park
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The King has made a poignant visit to the site where a Guyanese slave rebellion was violently resisted by British authorities, making the stop during his tour of the Caribbean.
He visited Independence Park in Georgetown to remember the Demerera Slave Rebellion of 1823, which saw an uprising by thousands of enslaved people.
Accompanied by Guyana's Culture Minister, Steven Jacobs, he was told how hundreds of slaves were killed by colonial leaders during the rebellion and many of those who survived were executed close to where the King stood.
