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UN Pulse from U.N. Dag Hammarskjöld Library: International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade un-library: Today, March 25, is the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. For over 400 years, more than 15 million men, women and children were the victims of the tragic transatlantic slave trade, one of the darkest chapters in human history.

united-nations: Sunday is the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. Today, 21 million women, men and children are trapped in slavery all over the world. Prominent artists, athletes and advocates have teamed up with the International Labour Organization (ILO) and its new campaign to End Slavery Now, and so can you.