Enslaved Africans and their descendants

Britain bans its participation in the transatlantic slave trade

📅 25 Maart 1807

On 25 March 1807, Britain’s Slave Trade Act received royal assent and prohibited British subjects from participating in the transatlantic trade in enslaved people. It did not abolish slavery or...

Trinidad and Tobago observes its first African Emancipation Day

📅 1 Augustus 2024

The 1 August 2024 observance used the new statutory name, African Emancipation Day. In its message that day, the Office of the President connected the commemoration to the survival of African culture,...