March 25th is the 200th anniversary of the passing of the Slave Trade Act which abolished the slave trade — though not slavery itself — in the British Empire. And like everyone else, I think, I’m unsure how we, the British, should mark it.
Celebration doesn’t seem quite the right tone to strike: it’s a bit [...]
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marking the 200th anniversary of abolition
16 March 2007 – 5:01 pm