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The history and significance of Shouter Baptist Liberation Day in Trinidad and Tobago

Shouter Baptist Liberation Day: Honouring a legacy of resistance and faith.

Spiritual Shouter Baptist Liberation Day is a public holiday in Trinidad and Tobago celebrated annually on 30 March to commemorate the repeal of the 1917 Shouter Prohibition Ordinance. This historic reversal in 1951 ended 34 years of state-sanctioned persecution against a faith that uniquely synthesises African spiritual traditions with Protestant …

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