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1759-1833


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THIS YEAR'S ANNIVERSARIES

200th ANNIVERSARY

ABOLITION OF SLAVE TRADE BY CHILE
Legislation prohibiting the slave trade and freeing the children of slaves who are subsequently born
October 15, 1811

125th ANNIVERSARY


ABOLITION OF SLAVERY
IN CUBA
Abolition of slavery in Cuba by royal decree by His Majesty Alfonso XIII
October 7, 1886

(Cuba fcwas a Spanish colony at the time)

200th ANNIVERSARY

ATTEMPT TO PROHIBIT SLAVE TRADE AND ABOLISH SLAVERY IN THE SPANISH EMPIRE
In 1811 a deputy in the Cortes (the Imperial legislature) from Mexico (then part of the Spanish Empire) attempts to secure passage of legislation abolishing the slave trade and slavery throughout the Spanish Empire.  He was unsuccessful.  It would be another 75 years before slavery is abolished in the Spanish colony of Cuba.

 

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MEETING
SYDNEY

Wednesday,

December 21, 2011

2.00 pm

at

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Wesley Central Mission
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MEETING
MELBOURNE

January 5, 2012

3.30 pm

at

Uniting Church
130 Little Collins Street
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MEETING
BOSTON

January 29, 2012

3.30 pm

Telephone conference
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CONFERENCE
'Child Labor in Agriculture'

WASHINGTON DC

June 2012

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THIS MONTH'S ANNIVERSARIES


December 2:
World Day for the Abolition of Slavery in all its Forms

December 2, 1949:
UN General Assembly approves the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others


December 2, 1859:

Execution of John Brown.  He had seized the federal armory and arsenal  at Harpers Ferry in Virginia 


December 3, 1948:
UN General Assembly approves the Protocol to the International Agreement for the Suppression of the White Slave Trade 1904
 


December 6, 1865:
Completion of ratification of the 13th Amendment (prohibiting slavery) to the US Bill of Rights
 


December 10, 1805:
Birth of William Lloyd Garrison, founder of the original American Anti-Slavery Society
 


December 16, 1975: Historic decision on bonded labor by the Honorable Justice PN Bhagwati,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India

  

  

 

  

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Last Updated December 14, 2011