Bicentenary of the Parliamentary Abolition of the Slave Trade. This page is designed to be a useful resource containing information about the commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the Parliamentary Abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade during 2007. It focuses on MP for Tottenham and Culture Minister David Lammy's involvement in the commemorations. "We have an opportunity this year to get the country talking, learning, understanding and taking more of an interest, irrespective of age, ethnicity or class, at local, national and international levels, in how modern Britain was built. It is an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the memory of those, enslaved and free, who spoke out, fought back, marched, rebelled, petitioned, boycotted, and ultimately prevailed. This year can only be the beginning of that process – it must continue into 2008, 2009 and so on – and I hope to see this subject given the prominence it deserves in our history books." David Lammy MP and Minister for Culture, March 2007. For more background information Wikipedia provides a good introduction to this subject here. Please click here to view the Government's Abolition Commemorations Calendar of Events. National Links: DCMS Bicentenary website. Abolition 200 - Awards for All. Anti-Slavery International's 2007 website. Set All Free's website. 'Stop the Traffik' Campaign Website. British Government's Main Abolition Commemoration website. BBC's Abolition website. The National Archives Abolition site. CSM's Winter Magazine is The Long Walk to Freedom: 200 years on from abolition - click here to read more. The British Slave Trade: Abolition, Parliament and People site. Royal Mail's Commemorative Stamps marking the Bicentenary. Read about the Royal Mint's Bicentenary commemorative £2 coin. Local and Community Links: Haringey Council's Bicentenary of the Abolition site. Hackney Council's Abolition site. Westminster Council's Abolition Bicentenary site. The Diocese of London's Commemoration Service and Events Listings. News, Visits and Events:

David Lammy presents Wilberforce Slave Trade Act to Amistad as it sets sail on fantastic voyage.   Culture Minister David Lammy's Keynote Speech to ‘Slavery: Unfinished Business’ Conference.   UNFINISHED BUSINESS – Slavery: then and now.   "Fighting for human dignity: the common responsibility of all" - Address by H.E. Mr. Kofi A. Annan to commemorate the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire.   Deputy Prime Minister: Introducing Kofi Annan.   David Lammy attends the launch of the Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Commemorative £2 Coins.   David Lammy attends the House of Lords launch of the Oxford Companion to Black British History.   The Prime Minister talks to Simon Schama about history and the Slave Trade.   Commemoration day to recall slave trade and make UK face up to past.   Adjournment Debate on the 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade, House of Commons.    Page 1 of 2 : «  [ 1 ] 2  »