International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery

March 25 is the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

El 25 de marzo es el Día Internacional de Conmemoración de las Víctimas de la Esclavitud y la Trata Transatlántica de Esclavos

History

The transatlantic slave trade was a triangular trade between Europe, West Africa, and the Americas and was a highly profitable system upon which much of Britain’s wealth was founded. Men, women, and children were sold as slaves in the different slave trading systems. Up to 2.4 million slaves died during voyages and millions more died soon after their arrival in the New World.   

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Modern Slavery

"The word “slavery” conjures up images of shackles and transatlantic ships – depictions that seem relegated firmly to the past. But more people are enslaved today than at any other time in history. Experts have calculated that roughly 13 million people were captured and sold as slaves between the 15th and 19th centuries; today, an estimated 40.3 million people – more than three times the figure during the transatlantic slave trade – are living in some form of modern slavery."