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International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition - August 23
August 26 , 2020
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- It aims to pay tribute to all those who fought for freedom, and, in their name, to continue teaching about their story and the values therein.
- The day designated by UNESCO to memorialize the transatlantic slave trade.
- In late August 1791, an uprising began in Santo Domingo (today Haiti and the Dominican Republic) that would have a major effect on abolishing the transatlantic slave trade.
- It marked the beginning of the destruction of the slavery system, the slave trade and colonialism.
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