International Year to commemorate the Struggle against
Slavery and its Abolition
The proclamation by the United Nations General Assembly of the year 2004
as International Year to commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its
Abolition marked, on the one hand, the bicentenary of the proclamation
of the first black state, Haïti, symbol of the struggle and resistance of
slaves, and triumph of the principles of liberty, equality, dignity and the
rights of the individual, and, on the other, the fraternal reunion of the
peoples of Africa , the Americas, the Caribbean and Europe.
The
Slavery Abolition Year logo featured a chain, which symbolizes slavery and
whose links are gradually broken and transformed into birds in flight.
Links
The official website for Slavery Abolition Year from UNESCO.
An article from the BBC on the official
start of the Year in
All the International Years proclaimed by the General Assembly.
Stamp catalogue
Netherlands Antilles 20 October 2004
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