At State House, President Irfaan Ali was yesterday presented with the Bank of Guyana’s $200 commemorative coin to mark the 200th anniversary of the Demerara slave revolt.
A release from the Office of the President said that the bank’s Governor Gobind Ganga presented the commemorative coin in the presence of Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr and members of the 1823 Revolt Committee.
The Demerara Revolt of 1823 in which over 10,000 enslaved persons participated was the largest uprising against slavery in Guyana.
