CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -International Day for the Remembrance of Slave Trade and its Abolition is celebrated on 23 August, every year, around the globe.

Detailed explanation-2: -International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade is a United Nations international observance designated in 2007 to be marked on 25 March every year.

Detailed explanation-3: -The theme for this year’s International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its abolition in 2022 is ‘Stories of Courage: Resistance to Slavery and Unity against Racism’.

Detailed explanation-4: -"It is time to abolish human exploitation once and for all, and to recognize the equal and unconditional dignity of each and every individual. Today, let us remember the victims and freedom fighters of the past so that they may inspire future generations to build just societies."

Detailed explanation-5: -On the first day of January, 1808, a new Federal law made it illegal to import captive people from Africa into the United States. This date marks the end-the permanent, legal closure-of the trans-Atlantic slave trade into our country.