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Slave trade and abolition to be remembered

The legacy of the transatlantic slave trade and its abolition will be remembered at events in Hull this weekend. The Lord Mayor, Councillor Cheryl Payne, will attend a commemoration on Saturday in ...
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International day for the remembrance of the slave trade and its abolition 2025

Across the globe, August 23 is recognised as the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition. UNESCO established the day in 1997 to honour the millions affected by the ...
Reuters

CHRONOLOGY: Who banned slavery when?

(Reuters) - Britain marks 200 years on March 25 since it enacted a law banning the transatlantic slave trade, although full abolition of slavery did not follow for another generation. Following are ...

‘The Great Resistance’ and ‘Daring to Be Free’: Abolition by Any Means

Throughout the Americas, acts of resistance undermined slaveholders’ power, destabilized systems of slavery and hastened ...
The Nation

The Second Abolition

Robin Blackburn’s sweeping history of slavery and freedom in the 19th century. Robin Blackburn’s sweeping history of slavery and freedom in the 19th century. Robin Blackburn is undoubtedly one of the ...
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The British slave trade : abolition, parliament and people : including the illustrated catalogue of the parliamentary exhibition in Westminster Hall, 23 May - 23 September 2007 ...

"This volume is a supplement to Parliamentary history, vol. 26 (2007)"--Title page verso. NMAF copy 39088019788892 gift from the collection of Lonnie G. Bunch III. Parliament and the escalation of the ...