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August
1st
2001 |
All
Saints Park, Manchester
In front of the site of the 5th Pan-African Conference, 1945,
which laid the foundation for the independence of African
and Caribbean States. The 2001 Remembrance Day was preceded
by the First ARD Memorial Lecture 'The Significance of the
5th Pan-African Congress' presented by Dr. Hakim Adi and held
at Manchester Metropolitan University.
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August
1st
2000
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Royal
Observatory Gardens, Greenwich, London
A return to the home town of many shipping merchants and financiers,
made wealthy by the transportation of slaves.<
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August
1st
1999 |
Royal
Observatory Gardens, Greenwich, London
The home town of many shipping merchants and financiers, made
wealthy by the transportation of slaves.
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August
1st
1998 |
Bristol,
Queens Square
One of the major British towns built from the profits of the
Slave Trade.
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August
1st
1997 |
Rapparee
Cove, Ilfracombe, Devon
Site where the bones of captured Africans from the Caribbean
were recently dug up, following the sinking of the HMS London
in 1796.
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August
1st
1996 |
Africa
Centre, London
A city whose financial institutions benefited enormously from
the Slave Trade.
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August
1st
1995 |
Langdon
Cliffs, Dover - Overlooking the English Channel
Traditionally the symbolic entry into Britain.
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| Milestones |
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2002 |
Manchester
Manchester Metropolitan University holds series of seven lectures,
on the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade and the African World.
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2001 |
Manchester
The City Council planted a tree in the Peace Gardens, in memory
of the African victims of Slavery.
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1998 |
Bristol
The City Council erected Pero Bridge in honour of Pero, a
young African slave. Also, 'Bristol Slave Trade Action' and
Bristol City, established the 'Bristol Slave Trail'.
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1997 |
Devon
Following the event in Rapparee Cove, Ilfracombe, Devon; the
book 'Rapparee - Wreck of the London' was published. Written
by local historian Pat Barrow
(Copies of this can be obtained from the ARD Committee.)
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