The park was opened in 2002 in honour of the "full freedom" of 300,000 slaves in Jamaica on August 1, 1838.
Ọdún-un 2002 ni gbàgede náà di lílò ní ìbọ̀wọ̀ fún "òmìnira dójú àmì" fún àwọn ẹrú 300,000 ní Jamaica lọ́jọ́ 1, oṣù kẹjọ ọdún-un 1838.