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International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition 2023 - August 20
August 23 , 2023
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- The day, designated by UNESCO, was first observed on August 23, 1998.
- It marks the start of the uprising in Haiti that eventually led to the abolition of transatlantic slave trade in the European colonies.
- International slave trade was abolished on March 25, 1807.
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