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COMMUNITY-BASED COALITION PLANS EVENTS TO MARK BI-CENTENARY OF ABOLITION LEGISLATION

A committee comprised of individuals and organizations is planning to raise awareness around the 200th anniversary of the legislation to abolish Slavery in the British Colonies.

On March 25th, 1807 Britain legally ended its trade in African human beings and brought to a close its 270 year participation in one of the most horrific experiences in human history: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.
The profits from this ignoble trade enabled Britain to build the strongest economy in the world, dominate global commerce and conquer most of the known world. In short, British's might and power rested on the slave trade.


It has been estimated that the slave trade by various European countries brutally and forceably removed some 50 million Africans from their home land.

In keeping with the United Nation's general assembly's adaptation of a resolution to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the British abolition of the slave trade, various nations are set to commemorate this significant turning point in world history.


In Toronto, historian, poet and author, Dr. Afua Cooper, has formed the Committee to Commemorate and Memorialize the Abolition of the Slave Trades (CMAST)

A number of commemorative events are planned by CMAST in order to disseminate knowledge. "These are all designed to raise public awareness about the slave trade, it's impact and legacies", says Cooper. According to Cooper, "Canada participated in the slave trade and also practiced institutional enslavement of African people".




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