Guyana, like other British colonies, was a place of resistance - TopicsExpress



          

Guyana, like other British colonies, was a place of resistance from the beginnings of slavery. Examples of this resistance are numerous, but the major ones include the great slave rebellion of 1763 (under Dutch rule), the Demerara slave revolt of 1823, the so called Angel Gabriel riots of 1856, the Indian indentured labor riots at Devonshire Castle in 1872, and the 1889 Cent Bread riot. 1905 was another link along that historical chain, but made doubly significant by its global implications for the sugar industry. The first of December was the biggest day of the riot, and one newspaper report claimed three-fourths of the populace of Georgetown seemed to have gone stark staring mad.
Posted on: Fri, 09 May 2014 17:07:44 +0000

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