By Melissa Noel· Updated August 23, 2022
The International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is observed on August 23 every year. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designated the day, and it was first commemorated on August 23, 1998, in Haiti and on Gorée Island in Senegal on August 23, 1999.
On this day, UNESCO raises awareness of the horrors of the
