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Abolish slavery for good August 23rd, is the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. The date comemmorates both Haiti's 1791 slave rebellion, and the passage of Britain's Slavery Abolition Act 1833, which abolished slavery throughout the British Empire. This year, it also commemorates the bicentenary of the British Slave Trade Act 1807, which effectively outlawed the international slave trade and established the ban as a fundamental principle of international law. Gustave Boulanger's The Slave Market In addition to remembering the abuses of the past and how they were overcome, we should also remember that the... read full article

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philip 		Abolish slavery

$30 for a slave!! Thats miserably cheap.

14th March '11, 1:45am Reply to this post

Reno

Times were different, but then again any amount of $$ is cheap for a slave I guess.

22nd July '11, 3:46am
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JasonMantis

Wonder, with inflation.... how much one would cost today. My socks need washing...

22nd July '11, 12:31pm Reply to this post
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Timothy

the amount of joke i have in my head right now... or cheeky comments... but i wont say them because that would irresponsible and childish.

on a serious note though there is nothing right about slavery

22nd July '11, 2:31pm Reply to this post
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curiousgoerge

hello. can you please tell me what country is at the hightest rank for slavery? like what country is the badest or what counrty slavery happens more in today? thanks:)

5th August '12, 11:28pm Reply to this post

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