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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE OF THE SLAVE TRADE AND ITS ABOLITION – Remembering St. Kitts and Nevis En-Slaved Ancestors
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE OF THE SLAVE TRADE AND ITS ABOLITION – Remembering St. Kitts and Nevis En-Slaved Ancestors
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REMEMBRANCE OF THE SLAVE TRADE AND ITS ABOLITION, 23RD OF AUGUST The night of 22 to 23 August 1791, in Santo Domingo (today Haiti and the Dominican Republic) saw the beginning of the uprising that would play a crucial role in the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is intended to inscribe the tragedy of the slave trade in the memory of all peoples. […]