Message from Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition 23 August 2016 In the night of 22 to 23 August 1791, men and women, torn from Africa and sold into slavery, revolted against the slave system to obtain freedom and independence for Haiti, …
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