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Spiritual Baptists banned
In 1917 Trinidad's colonial government passed the Shouters Prohibition Ordinance, outlawing the worship of the Spiritual Baptists, whose services include hand-bells, shouting and trance.
1917 CE · 10.66, -61.51 · status: official
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Members were arrested and churches raided until the law was repealed in 1951. Since 1996 Trinidad and Tobago marks 30 March as Spiritual Baptist Liberation Day, a public holiday.