Emancipation Day
August 1st, 1985: Trinidad and Tobago is the first country in the world to declare a national holiday to commemorate the abolition of slavery. This National public holiday replaced Columbus Discovery Day, which commemorated the arrival of Christopher Columbus at Moruga on 31st July 1498.
This is my experience of growing up in Trinidad and Tobago. Two islands. One country.
In my own words
Sun and Sensuality – 4 years of Trinidad Carnival
Colour and Texture – an essay on shades.
Market day in Trinidad. Mix up, mash up excitement at the Tunapuna market.
Crude – The story of Evelyn, a sleepy cocoa village & the discovery of oil at the turn of the 20th century.
How to protest peacefully while we fight for our rights. Aftermath of the Trump election
Reference
Was slavery different in Trinidad? Article. Repeating Islands.
Top Photo credit: Roy Boyke. Trinidad Carnival 1983. Essays by Toni Seucharan Robertson.