% P. r1 l9 p4 r: A5 D: w: R 历史学家估计，从1700年到19世纪初期，英国商人经由大西洋，从非洲贩卖了约300万名黑人奴隶。从1450年到1850年，欧洲国家共贩卖了约2100万名黑人奴隶，其中英国商人扮演了主要角色。# j$ Q" H' `3 |
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1807年3月25日，英国通过《废除奴隶贸易法案》，规定英国船只上每发现一名奴隶，罚款100英镑(约合190美元)。1833年，英国通过《废除奴隶制法案》，宣布废除奴隶制度。 - Z! w/ e4 f6 M6 W! f, F) {4 j+ d# P% D" d9 J
Commemoration day to mark UK slave trade role [; b" K; o$ s& [6 r% q
AN annual commemoration day will be held to recall Britain's role in the slave trade, deputy prime minister John Prescott said. 5 R1 _( C; @3 C5 d7 }. w' Q& ?% s, W 5 M' u1 l+ l$ s7 L7 L) jThe news came as the Government today announced freed victims of human trafficking are to be granted the right to stay in Britain temporarily. ! g3 m0 s1 ` U+ L# C 6 J- b; E3 V: F. ^2 ~. XMr Prescott said that he expected the commemoration day to take place along with the rest of Europe in June to help counter modern-day human trafficking. 5 m, r, Z/ S/ ?7 |+ r
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"Like the Holocaust, we are learning to talk about the slave trade openly and more honestly," he reportedly said. . ^& J' x8 k* B( U2 P/ g9 z 4 v% s/ f) P) R$ m4 O! _1 S"Tragic and terrible as it was, the slave trade defied anyone to discuss it because it was so horrendous." ' n* z7 ]" C1 @7 Y/ N0 l: M ^( R. u! A" l
The Home Office was today set to announce plans to sign the European Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings. & D$ E2 T, u# G G6 v/ F* {# r/ ^; O$ m3 T/ o7 e
The agreement offers victims - such as women who are sold into the sex trade - the right to at least 30 days' grace after they have escaped people traffickers. ; O ]* k7 n; t( m ?2 t: G) F3 z 1 h! l/ m2 |3 t! _ m, M9 tThis article: http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=448812007
