On August 2, 2000, Stabroek News had reported that Jagdeo had turned the sod for an “Emancipation Monument,” although it was also reported around the same time that the monument was being ...

The final touches are being made for a slave emancipation monument on Brown's Island. The Emancipation Proclamation and Freedom Monument is set to be completed by the end of 2019.

Cuffy250 joins with Guyanese, in particular African Guyanese, in commemorating the 176th anniversary of the end of chattel slavery in Guyana. Emancipation Day is perhaps the most significant day ...