International Slavery Remembrance Day
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Just turn up on that dayOn 23 August 1791, enslaved people on the island of Saint Domingue (modern-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic) rose up against French colonial rule.
The uprising played a crucial role in the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.
That's why, on 23 August each year, the National Maritime Museum commemorates International Slavery Remembrance Day and the long struggle for emancipation throughout the world.
Join us for a day of talks, tours, workshops and performances to commemorate all lives affected by transatlantic slavery and its legacies