An exhibition to honour the slaves who died in the 1823 revolt in then British Guiana is now open at the National Museum.
The exhibition, will run until August 31, was launched on Wednesday by the Museum of African Heritage in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport.
According to a Govern-ment Information Agency (GINA) press release, the exhibition is being held under the theme ‘Hounouring Our Heroes of 1823’ and aims to create awareness of the 1823 slave revolt, which was the first major slave rebellion in the history of the British Caribbean, where religious and christianised slaves played a role.
“During the time of this revolt many slaves lost their lives. Bachelor’s Adventure,