On
this day humanity's achievement in abolishing the slave
trade is celebrated.
 "In
deciding to proclaim the 23rd of August of every year
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave
Trade and its Abolition, UNESCO wished to inscribe
in the memory of all peoples a tragedy that has been
forgotten and little known and pay tribute to the
slaves' relentless struggle for freedom. The uprising
that took place in the island of Santo Domingo (present
day Haiti and Dominican Republic) on the night of
the 22nd to the 23rd of August 1791 shook the foundations
of slavery to the core and marked the start of the
process that led to the abolition of the transatlantic
slave trade." -- Koichiro Matsuura |
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2004
- Slavery Abolition Year
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