March 25 is Jamaica's Day to remember slavery victims

The United Nations designated March 25 as the International Day for the Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Slave Trade. This provides the world with an opportunity to pause and reflect on the horrific nature of the transatlantic trade in Africans and their enslavement.

This year, March 25 takes on greater significance in Jamaica as the Government through the Office of the Governor General has signed a proclamation declaring March 25 as a National Day for the Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Slave Trade, a day to be solemnly observed though not a public holiday.

The Honourable Olivia Grange, OJ, CD, MP, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, will read the proclamation before laying a wreath at the base of the Negro Aroused sculpture, in memory of our ancestors. The sculpture is a slavery monument facing the sea created by artist Edna Manley.

Some members of the National Council on Reparations led by Mrs. Laleta Daivs Mattis and Deputy Chair, Mr. Bert Samuels, will also pay tribute.

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