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UNITED NATIONS
March 25, 2026
THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE
"WHY?"
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The Transatlantic Slave Trade:
A Shameful, Historic
"Crime Against Humanity!"
United Nations Secretary-General's Message on the
International Day of Remembrance
for the
Victims of Slavery & the
Transatlantic Slave Trade
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2026 THEME
“JUSTICE IN ACTION:
Confronting History, Advancing Dignity,
Empowering Futures.”
Today we commemorate the victims of a staggering crime: Millions of people stolen from their families and communities in Africa.
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Trafficked across the Atlantic.
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And — if they survived the journey — enslaved in the Americas.
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Millions more were born into bondage, brutally exploited for their labour, and denied their basic humanity.
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We honour their quiet resilience and courageous acts of open resistance.
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This global order prevailed for over 400 years — and haunts our world even now.
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In systems and institutions shaped and enriched by chattel slavery.
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In social and economic inequalities rooted in past injustices.
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And in biases that permeate our culture and impact us all.
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On this International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, we are called to confront these legacies.
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By rejecting the false narrative of racial difference and the ugly lie of white supremacy.
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By dismantling racism — online, in the media, in schools, at work, in politics, and within ourselves.
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And by working for truth, justice, and repair.
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I welcome the initial steps by some governments to address the consequences of slavery.
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But far bolder actions — by many more Member States — are needed.
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Including commitments to respect African countries’ ownership of their own resources.
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And steps to ensure their equal participation and influence in the global financial architecture and the UN Security Council.
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Together, let us commit to a world where all people live and thrive in dignity.
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António Guterres
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Brazilian singer IZA visits the Ark of Return at
UN Headquarters. The memorial invites
people everywhere to contemplate
the legacy of the slave trade and to
fight against racism and prejudice today.
Courtesy, United Nations / Mark Garten
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Victims of Slavery & Transatlantic Slave Trade: Day of Remembrance
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The Ark of Return: a permanent memorial at the United Nations
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Stolen, shackled, shipped
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The resolution spearheaded by Ghana received
123 votes in favour. Three countries – Argentina, Israel and the United States – voted against
and 52 abstained.
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For more than 400 years, millions of people were stolen from Africa, put in shackles and shipped to the New World to toil in cotton fields and sugar and coffee plantations under scorching heat and the crack of the whip.
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Denied their basic humanity and even their own names, they were forced to endure generations of exploitation with repercussions that reverberate today including persistent anti-Black racism and discrimination.
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The resolution emphasised “the trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialised chattel enslavement of Africans as the gravest crime against humanity by reason of the definitive break in world history, scale, duration, systemic nature, brutality and enduring consequences that continue to structure the lives of all people through racialized regimes of labour, property and capital.”
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UNDERSTANDING THE
"LAWLESS PERPETRATORS"
WHICH COMMITTED THE
HORRIFIC CRIME OF
S L A V E R Y !
HISTORIC QUESTION?
Did "Humanity" commit
acts of "Slavery?"
NO!
The "perpetrators of Slavery" had
set their sight on the capture,
deportment and brutal
enslavement of
"innocent Human beings"
as early as the year 1619
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" . . . when the privateer The White Lion brought 20 enslaved Africans ashore in the British
colony of Jamestown, Virginia. The crew
had seized the Africans from the
Portuguese slave ship Sao Jao Bautista. . ."
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CRITICAL REMINDER:
If "Human Beings of Humanity"
"DID NOT"
commit heinous acts of
"institutionalized"
SLAVERY, then . . .
WHO DID?!
"Human Beings of Humanity"
[of every color, culture, shape and size]
have long-time been the
victims of the full spectrum
of mankind's heinous,
horrific
"Crimes Against Humanity!"
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S L A V E R Y :
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Always ILLEGAL!
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Always a heinous CRIME!
P E T E R .
H U M A N I T Y
" B R U T A L I Z E D "
BY
" S L A V E R Y ! "
Courtesy, Louie Psihoyos/Corbis – http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/mar/15/race.past
Did you know that Slavery in the
United States existed long before
its founding in 1776?!
The Transatlantic Slave Trade "Brutalized and Victimized Humanity"
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in a manner which was wholly illegal and inconceivably brutal!
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Recent attempts to reclassify the crimes committed during
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the Transatlantic Slave Trade - that is, attempts to disassociate
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"Slavery" from the purpose of the Transatlantic Trade
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is not only foolish in thought, it is an outright
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insult to "HISTORY" itself and the
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recorded numbers of "VICTIMS,"
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[including generational descendants]
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who were oppressed and subjected to the
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intentionally prolonged, lawless cruelties and
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aftermath of "institutionalized SLAVERY!"
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As the world anticipates an exciting and prosperous future,
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having already crossed the threshhold of the 21st Century,
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and new Millennium, there is yet a tremendous
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amount of unfinished business!
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All that has been gained and prospered from the
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Transatlantic Slave Trade has yet satistified the desired
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fulfillment of "JUSTICE!" And as the world is now witnessing
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around the globe, "CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY"
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never goes unnoticed or unpunished, albeit hundreds of
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years go by wherein the poorest and most vulnerable
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and helpless of humanity remain
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grossly violated and neglected.
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As a matter of fact,
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SLAVERY YET EXIST IN THE WORLD TODAY:
21st CENTURY " S L A V E R Y ! "
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The world is progressing further into the future. And
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stark realities lie ahead! No longer can the crimes
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of the past be swept under the rug of
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progress and forgetfulness!
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The misconception that "progress equals forgetfulness"
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is ludicrous: without a doubt this kind of short-term
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memory loss has been the rule to follow when it comes
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to the fulfilment of "JUSTICE concerning SLAVERY."
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In reality, "JUSTICE" has yet to be satisfied for the whole
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gamut of historic wrongs never made right. Only obvious
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results that actually show evidence of "JUSTICE" at
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work with tangible results made manifest in our
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every-day physical world can truly satisfy the
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thirst of "JUSTICE" concerning the range of
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horrendous crimes committed during -
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and as a result of - the infamous
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"Transatlantic Slave Trade"
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which lasted for several hundred years!
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Slavery is a cruel and dehumanizing act of criminality.
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As the dawning of the 21st Century brought forth a new light
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that illuminates the pathway into the future, so has the
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world as a whole awoken to the realization that
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"SLAVERY" is a heinous crime:
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A crime which must yet be
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completely eradicated in every
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place on a global scale with clearly
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viable results that respect the "Human Rights" of
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"ALL" yet enslaved while satisfying the demands of
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"JUSTICE ITSELF!"
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ENSLAVED:
The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
From March through August 2021, the Outreach Programme, together with the International Decade for People of African Descent, and with the support of Fremantle/ and Associated Producers Ltd./Cornelia Street Productions,
hosts screenings and discussions of the six-part series Enslaved:
The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Text Courtesy, United Nations - Photo Credit Fremantel
Never should any part of the
Transatlantic Slave Trade
be lost, forgotten or
omitted from History!
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Neither should any part of . . .
SLAVERY IN AMERICA
be lost, forgotten or omitted from History concerning . . .
THE WORLD'S GREATEST
FREE NATION!
Image - Text Quote Courtesy, The Washington Post
Many Thanks to The Washington Post for having compiled
the first database of slaveholding members of Congress
by examining thousands of pages of census
records and historical documents.
Did you know that . . .
"More than 1,800 congressmen once
enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation."
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SLAVERY IN AMERICA
While the American Revolutionary War for
"independence" forged ahead with its
future first President &
Founding Father,
George Washington at the helm,
the shameful stain of
slavery in America continued with
"institutionalized brutalities"
for many years to come.
THE CHARLESTON SLAVE MARKET
The "horrific human sufferings of Slaves" were the "building blocks" of all who
flourished and prospered from the Transatlantic Slave trade.
From the "southern slave markets" in
Charleston, SC to northern States, e.g. Bergen County, New Jersey -
"Slavery" was the way of life
for Slave owners and a
Nation proclaiming
"freedom to the whole world."
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R E M E M B E R :
S L A V E R Y
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i s a h e i n o u s
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“Crime Against Humanity!”
THE WORLD MUST NEVER FORGET
THE VICTIMS OF THE
“TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE.”
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And if any Nation, governing or organized
entity attempt to trivialize, set aside
and not recall the full spectrum
of the heinous horrors of
“SLAVERY,”
HISTORY itself shall bring forth
every evidence of facts: undeniable, lawless
inflictions committed against persons of
humanity. Thus, generations to come shall
forever be reminded of the cruelties and
brutalities of enslavement at the hands
of inhumane, tyrannical rulers which
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“ i n s t i t u t i o n a l i z e d ”
the lawlessness of slavery
which yet occurs today
throughout diverse places
around the world – even in the
21st Century and new Millennium.
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L E A R N M O R E
Educational Database:
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
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A Database on CD-ROM documents the forced
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migration of an estimated 12 million
Africans from 1519 - 1867.
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The CD-ROM database is a file of 27,233 Trans-Atlantic slaving
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voyages which sailed from Africa to the Americas.
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For more information on Cambridge's powerful research tool visit:
http://www.cambridge.org/us/features/0521629101/default.htm
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UNITED NATIONS
for allowing use of images, visuals and
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print presented herein.
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