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Jones, T. (2026, October 30). Charles visits execution site of 1823 uprising against slavery. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/charles-king-the-king-caribbean-b1303014.html
Jones, Tony. “Charles visits execution site of 1823 uprising against slavery.” Evening Standard, 30 Oct. 2026, https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/charles-king-the-king-caribbean-b1303014.html.
Jones, Tony. “Charles visits execution site of 1823 uprising against slavery.” Evening Standard, October 30, 2026. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/charles-king-the-king-caribbean-b1303014.html.
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On October 30, 2026, King Charles visited Independence Park in Georgetown, Guyana, as part of his nine-day Caribbean tour. The park is a site where hundreds of enslaved individuals were killed and executed during the Demerera Slave Rebellion of 1823. Accompanied by Guyana’s Culture Minister Steven Jacobs, Charles acknowledged the country's history of slavery and resistance. At the entrance of the former parade ground, Jacobs spoke about the brutal suppression of the rebellion led by Jack Gladstone, an enslaved man who rang the plantation bell to signal its start. Charles listened intently and read a plaque commemorating those executed at the site. The visit was seen as an opportunity for reflection on the UK's colonial legacy without offering apologies or reparations, in line with the UK government’s position.
Charles began his nine-day trip on Tuesday by acknowledging the “great suffering of the past” in a speech at a youth rally in the Bahamas, and confirmed a Commonwealth leaders’ summit he will open in Antigua next week would discuss the legacy of slavery.
They moved on to stage their demonstration outside a building where Charles met indigenous leaders in the capital, and held placards which read “No apology will return what was stolen reparations now”.
