Title International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition Date-wise Events August 23, nnnn Description This day is designated by UNESCO to memorialize the transatlantic slave trade. The date is significant because, during the night of August 22 to August 23, 1791 on the island of Saint Domingue (now known as Haiti), an uprising began which set forth events which were a major factor in the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.

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