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Rights and responsibilities
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Bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade
2007 is the 200th anniversary of the 1807 Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. Read about how the government is marking the bicentenary; and about issues that remain today, including modern day poverty, inequality, discrimination, racism and contemporary slavery
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