On 23 August, the Int’l Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, we remember the victims and their resistance. @UNESCO’s #MoW Latin America & the Caribbean includes 18 inscriptions from 24 countries, keeping memories of slavery alive for future generations. https://t.co/olFEwYtRd3 #SlaveTrade #Abolition #UNESCO #LA #CA
23 August is the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. @UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme preserves documentary evidence, safeguarding historical truth and challenging denial. Because what we choose to remember shapes the future. https://t.co/ylpLZmHtFx #SlaveTradeRemembrance #Abolition #HistoricalTruth #Thetweetdoesnotmentionanyspecificcountries.Therefore #therearenocountrycodestoreturn.
"The Arab-Muslim slave trade extended from the 7th to the 20th century without interruption. 17 million Africans were taken and deported to the Maghreb, Egypt, the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian Ocean, and the Ottoman Empire." (translated)
