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Fight still on against modern-day slavery
27 AUG, 2019 - 00:08
Beaven Dhliwayo Features Writer
The night of August 22-23, 1791, in Santo Domingo (today Haiti and the Dominican Republic) saw the beginning of an uprising that would play a crucial role in the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.
It is against this background that the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is commemorated on August 23 each year.
This day is intended to inscribe the tragedy of the slave trade in the memory of all peoples.
In accordance with the goals of the inter-cultural project “The Slave Route”, the day should offer an opportunity for collective consideration of the historic causes, the methods and the consequences of this tragedy, and for an analysis of the interactions to which it has given rise between Africa, Europe, the Americas and the Caribbean.
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