Topic: emancipation

Emancipation Day made its return for the first time in more than 60 years this week, centred around the Monday holiday.

In a slim blue book of yellowing pages – 'Accounts of Slave Compensation Claims' – the literal price of freedom is laid out in pounds and shillings.

As Cayman celebrates Emancipation Day for the first time in over half a century, the Cayman Compass takes a detailed look at how a century of slavery came to a dramatic end on these islands.