Project A23: International Day for the Remembrance of The Slave Trade and its Abolition is intended to inscribe the tragedy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the memory of all people. The night of August 22-23 1791, in Santo Domingo (today Haiti) and the Dominican Republic saw the beginning of the uprising that would play a crucial role in the Abolition of The Transatlantic Slave Trade. A slave by the name of Toussaint Louverture, about 57 years old, in the French Colony of Santo Domingo, organized and brainstormed their revolt and the beginning of the Abolition of The Transatlantic Slave Trade. This is the only slaves victorious REVOLT known in the history of the humanity.
Global Slavery Remembrance Day campaign will run for generations with emphasis on January 1st (United States Date), March 25th (United Nations Date), August 23rd (UNESCO Date) "25 March had been designated the annual International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, beginning in 2008. On that date, more than 200 years ago, the British Parliament had passed legislation for the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade in the British Empire, and subsequently the end of slavery all over the world. The annual Day of Remembrance would serve as a valuable complement to the existing United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, held on 23 August."
Join our worldwide mission by wearing the Project A23 global band on each of these dates, and take part in the making of an international awareness campaign for global dates. We commemorate the millions of lives lost, we remember their legacy and we celebrate the resistance, rebellion and the revolution of the uprising revolt of the begininng towards the endings of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Wearing the global band on these dates will give all people the opportunity to make a visible statement and display their commitment.
Global Slavery Remembrance Day bringing worldwide recognition to August 23, 1791 Revolt of the beginning of the ending of the transatlantic slave trade and its Abolition, and the United Nations (UN) goals to bring worldwide recognition of the March 25th Annual International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and The Transatlantic Slave Trade. On December 17, 2007, the General Assembly unanimously decided to establish March 25th as the Annual International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. March 25th, 2008 for the first time the UN commemorated the day with a solemn observance. Global Slavery Remembrance Day provides a platform to record activities involving their entire nation worldwide
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In a matter of minutes, 7 days ago on August 23, 2008, we reopened the doors to a historical event of all times, slavery. A style of labor used to increase production in the world, even as early as, the 2nd and 1st centuries B.C. Slavery declined at the end of the Roman Empire, by the 8th and 10th centuries, there was an increase in Germany. The Europeans and the Portuguese obtained their negro slaves as ransom for Moorish prisoners of war. America (The New World) needed cheap labor for their new world and West African men, women and children became the means to developing this new world. The Americans in the16th century tried enslaving Indians, however, resistance from the Indians and some churchmen brought about the legal abolition of Indian slavery. Ms. Clark-Kearse, although the British became leaders in African slave trading in 1564, the revolt movement on August 22-23, 1791, on the islands of Saint Domingue (today known as Haiti) paved the way for the uprising of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. It sent forth a message in America, on January 1, 1808 the United States legally established a date to abolished the importation of slaves to our country. For this, we give great thanks to the United States of America but our mission is not over. No it is not, there estimates to be 300 million slaves are in our world today, in 2008. We the people of America, we will put every effort to stop any illegal modern day slavery importation into our county breaking the law of January 1, 1808 signed by the late President Thomas Jefferson. -- Happy 200th Bicentennial Birthday Abraham Lincoln February 12, 2009. (1809-2009).
The late President Abraham Lincoln Signing the Proclamation
GLOBAL SLAVERY REMEMBRANCE DAY - ProjectA23.com
