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Lancashire's links to the slave trade on anniversary of abolition act
Today marks an important date in British history. The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act passed through parliament on March 25 ...
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Lancashire's links to the slave trade on anniversary of abolition act
Today marks an important date in British history. The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act passed through parliament on March 25 1807 which abolished the transatlantic slave trade. It did not ...
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Crimes of the transatlantic slave trade ‘unacknowledged, unspoken and unaddressed’
The transatlantic slave trade may have ended centuries ago but its legacy is ever present, the UN Secretary-General said on ...
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Int'l Day of Remembrance for Victims of Slavery being observed today
The International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade is being observed today.
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Transatlantic Slave Trade Crimes Overlooked
The date marks the passage of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act in the United Kingdom in 1807, three years after the Haitian Revolution. The revolution led to the establishment of the Republic of ...
Harriet Tubman fought slavery. Most of the men on US paper currency had ties to it
A US Senator wants to replace Andrew Jackson, who kept scores of slaves at his Tennessee plantation, on the front of the $20 ...