Slavery in Belize includes practices of enslavement by British colonists during the period of European colonization. Products for which slavery was used...

Belize (/bɪˈliːz, bɛ-/ , bih-LEEZ, beh-; Belize Kriol English: Bileez) is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico...

Colonisation, slavery, and immigration have played major roles in affecting the ethnic composition of the population and as a result, Belize is a country...

restored and renovated into a national museum. It features exhibits on slavery in Belize including a timeline, information about slave revolts and communities...

The history of Belize dates back thousands of years. The Maya civilization spread into the area of Belize between 1500 BC to 1200 BC and flourished until...

Indian Belizeans, are citizens of Belize of Indian ancestry. The community made up 3.9% of the population of Belize in 2010. They are part of the wider...

2007. The events of Time and the River unfold during the heyday of slavery in Belize. It focuses on the life of a young slave woman, Leah Lawson, who eventually...

Slavery in France, and by extension, the French Empire, covers a wide range of disparate topics. Some of the most notable ones include: In 486, Clovis...

through the Public Meeting. The Baymen established the system of slavery in Belize, in order to have servants to cut logwood. Some slaves were allowed...

spoken in Belize. It is similar to Caribbean Spanish, Andalusian Spanish, and Canarian Spanish. While English is the only official language of Belize, Spanish...

Slavery in Canada includes historical practices of enslavement practised by both the First Nations until the latter half of the 19th century, and by colonists...

Slavery in Haiti began after the arrival of Christopher Columbus on the island in 1492 with the European colonists that followed from Portugal, Spain...

Belize, on the east coast of Central America, southeast of Mexico, was inhabited by the indigenous peoples who fought off the Spaniards in an attempt to...

self-governing colony, renamed Belize in June 1973, until September 1981, when it gained full independence as Belize. British Honduras was the last continental...

Slavery in Cuba was a portion of the larger Atlantic slave trade that primarily supported Spanish plantation owners engaged in the sugarcane trade. It...

on slavery in the United States is one of the most discussed aspects of his life. Lincoln frequently expressed his moral opposition to slavery in public...

Constitution of Belize is the supreme law of the nation of Belize. It was signed in September 1981 with effect from that date. The Constitution of Belize, Chapter...

settled in the village along with a British farmer from the Belize Estate to cultivate the land. Then in the 1800s after slavery was abolished in the British...

African chattel slavery in British American colonies. It is practiced most notably in The Bahamas, Jamaica and Belize, and historically in North Carolina...

regions of Central and South American mainland nations, including Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname...

"Land of the Free" is the national anthem of Belize. The words were written by Samuel Alfred Haynes in 1929 based upon Haynes poem “Land of the Gods.”...

Belize but were forced out by the British; they returned from Guatemala to evade slavery in the 19th century), and Kekchi (also fled from slavery in Guatemala...

Hemisphere. After the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act in the British Empire, the need for labour led to the recruitment of Indians in Guyana and other British...

The Garifuna diaspora abroad includes communities in Honduras, in the United States, and in Belize. In the Garifuna language, the endonym Garínagu refers...

the demise of slavery. Although the international slave trade was abolished in the British Empire in 1807, slavery itself continued in the form of "apprentice-ship"...

but especially Brazil, where slavery remained legal, and to a lesser extent Mexico and British Honduras (modern Belize). Many Southerners had lost their...

prohibition against slavery and involuntary servitude. However, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the constitutionality of the draft act in the case of Arver...

The origins of slavery in France can be traced back to the Merovingian dynasty in the 4th century. At least five Frankish queens during that period were...

awarding of the Hero Acting to End Modern Slavery Awards to a number of individuals. The first such awards were made in 2004. Awards are made for actions taken...

Transatlantic Slavery By J. R. Manchester University Press. p. 165. ISBN 9780719066658. Retrieved 11 August 2016. "Emancipation Day in Belize in 2021". Office...