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International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
23 August 2020
The United Nations’ (UN) International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is annually observed on August 23 to remind people of the tragedy of the transatlantic slave trade.
It gives people a chance to think about the historic causes, the methods, and the consequences of slave trade.