23 August is observed as the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, proclaimed by UNESCO. The date marks the 1791 uprising in Saint Domingue (now Haiti), which led to the abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The day was first celebrated in Haiti (1998) and Gorée Island, Senegal (1999) after a UNESCO resolution. It aims to honour millions of victims and freedom fighters and to highlight the impact of slavery on the modern world.
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