@UNESCO: Στις 23 Αυγούστου, θυμόμαστε τα θύματα και τους επιζώντες της δουλείας και αναγνωρίζουμε τη διαχρονική κληρονομιά της. Η μνήμη είναι μια πράξη συλλογικής ευθύνης και αξιοπρέπειας. Μέσω της εκπαίδευσης, της έρευνας και του διαλόγου, η UNESCO εργάζεται για τη διατήρηση αυτής της μνήμης. – @UNESCO: On 23 August, we remember the victims and survivors of slavery and acknowledge its enduring legacies. emembering is an act of collective responsibility and dignity. Through education, research & dialogue, UNESCO works to preserve this memory

On the night of 22 to 23 August 1791, in Saint Domingue, today the Republic of Haiti, saw the beginning of the uprising that would play a crucial role in the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.

It is against this background that the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is commemorated on 23 August each year. It was first celebrated in a number of countries, in particular in Haiti (23 August 1998) and Gorée Island in Senegal (23 August 1999).

This International Day is intended to inscribe the tragedy of the slave trade in the memory of all peoples. In accordance with the goals of the intercultural project “The Routes of Enslaved Peoples”, it should offer an opportunity for collective consideration of the historic causes, the methods and the consequences of this tragedy, and for an analysis of the interactions to which it has given rise between Africa, Europe, the Americas and the Caribbean.

https://www.unesco.org/en/days/slave-trade-remembrance