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Detailed explanation-1: -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).

Detailed explanation-2: -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. This International Day is intended to inscribe the tragedy of the slave trade in the memory of all peoples.

Detailed explanation-3: -International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. 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.

Detailed explanation-4: -This year, the theme of International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is ‘Stories of Courage: Resistance to Slavery and Unity against Racism. ‘