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 slave-trade-and-its-abolition-2020-08-23/
SUMMARY:International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Ab
 olition
DESCRIPTION:International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and it
 s Abolition\, August 23 of each year\, the day designated by UNESCO to mem
 orialize the transatlantic slave trade. That date was chosen by the adopti
 on of resolution 29 C/40 by the Organization's General Conference at its 2
 9th session. Circular CL/3494 of July 29\, 1998 from the Director-General 
 invited Ministers of Culture to promote the day. The date is significant b
 ecause\, during the night of August 22 to August 23\, 1791 on the island o
 f Saint Domingue (now known as Haiti)\, an uprising began which set forth
  events which were a major factor in the abolition of the transatlantic sl
 ave trade.\n\nUNESCO Member States organize events every year on that date
 \, inviting participation from young people\, educators\, artists and inte
 llectuals. As part of the goals of the intercultural UNESCO project\, "The
  Slave Route"\, it is an opportunity for collective recognition and focus 
 on the "historic causes\, the methods and the consequences" of slavery. Ad
 ditionally\, it sets the stage for analysis and dialogue of the interactio
 ns which gave rise to the transatlantic trade in human beings between Afri
 ca\, Europe\, the Americas and the Caribbean.\n\nThe International Day for
  the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition was first celebrated
  in a number of countries\, in particular in Haiti (23 August 1998) and S
 enegal (23 August 1999). A number of cultural events and debates were orga
 nized. In 2001 the Museum of Printed Textiles (Musée de l'impression sur 
 étoffes) in Mulhouse\, France\, conducted a fabric workshop entitled "Ind
 iennes de Traite" (a type of calico) used as currency in trade for African
 s. The International Slavery Museum opened its doors on August 23\, 2007 i
 n Liverpool where Slavery Remembrance Day events have been conducted since
  2004.[1]\n\n[button link="/tag/international-day-for-the-remembrance-of-t
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