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About the Day of Remembrance for Victims of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Worldwide
EVENT NAME:
Slavery Victims of Transatlantic Trade, Day of Remembrance
EVENT CATEGORIES:
Civil Rights , Career
Legal
Dates Active:
Begins: Mar 25, 2022
Ends: Mar 25, 2022
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For over 400 years, more than 15 million men, women and children were the victims of the tragic transatlantic slave trade, one of the darkest chapters in human history.

The annual observance of the International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade serves as an opportunity to honor and remember those who suffered and died at the hands of the brutal slavery system, and to raise awareness about the dangers of racism and prejudice today.

1793 slavery ended in Haiti;

1833 slavery ended in Canada, the British West Indies and the Cape of Good Hope;

1843 slavery ended in India;

1848 slavery ended in France;

1853 slavery ended in Argentina;

1863 slavery ended in Dutch Colonies and became illegal in the United States;

1865 slavery ended in the United States;

1888 slavery ended in Brazil.

Selected countries in Asia, the Middle East and Africa continued with slavery until the mid-20th Century.

Qatar abolished slavery in 1952;

Bhutan abolished slavery in 1958;

Niger abolished slavery in 1960;

Saudi Arabia and North Yemen abolished slavery in 1962 followed by the Trucial States in 1964 and Oman in 1970;

The final country to abolish slavery was Mauritania in 1981. However, it did not enforce its laws until 2007.

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