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DAYS AND YEARS
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August 23
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August 12
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March 8
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November 14
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Detailed explanation-1: -The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December, marks the date of the adoption, by the General Assembly, of the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others (resolution 317(IV) of 2 December 1949).
Detailed explanation-2: -International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. The night of 22 to 23 August 1791, in Saint Domingue (today Haiti) saw the beginning of the uprising that would play a crucial role in the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.
Detailed explanation-3: -In France, on 4 February 1794 (16 Pluviôse Year II in the French Revolutionary Calendar), the National Convention enacted a law abolishing slavery in the French colonies. Yet this was not followed up with any real effect and Napoleon Bonaparte repealed the law as First Consul in 1802.