Bicentenary 2007
OUR FREEDOM JOURNEY . HONOURING OUR ANCESTORS 1807-2007
The year 2007 will mark the 200th anniversary of the legislative abolition of the trans-Atlantic trade in Africans to the former British Caribbean. Jamaica was a primordial site of slavery, especially during the period of British occupation. Recent quantitative data estimate that the island accounted for about 1 million of the estimated 15 million Africans forcefully removed from Africa from the 15th to the 19th century. But that Middle Passage journey ended eventually. The struggle to end the trade was not one that involved only British humanitarians. Africans in Jamaica and Haitian anti-slavery rulers after 1804 were integral to the process of abolition.
Related Links
- Logo Competition criteria & Guidelines for entry.
- Commemorating the Bicentenary
- Entry Form (download MsWord doc)
- Bicentenary brochure
- Bicentenary Calendar of events January 2007-February 2008
