" p+ }9 {; I i; M; k 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。- U3 ~2 h0 g: b8 C+ c
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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。 , t5 `& a1 Z& w2 _5 {* A+ d U0 H' T5 b' r# {3 B( R. u3 J, W2 i4 WCommemoration day to mark UK slave trade role% u$ X3 d! V7 V; O
AN annual commemoration day will be held to recall Britain's role in the slave trade, deputy prime minister John Prescott said. - R+ G5 Q4 h& a5 X+ N' w8 a7 |# K X' h$ H Q
The news came as the Government today announced freed victims of human trafficking are to be granted the right to stay in Britain temporarily. 6 Z* b( P+ A: P4 k7 I
* g$ k" l5 l" w6 U8 w4 wMr 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. a$ Z5 m1 g* a# x" P2 J5 ^9 P* p0 D, t' Z
"Like the Holocaust, we are learning to talk about the slave trade openly and more honestly," he reportedly said. ! ^# M) t! J# b' R0 ^( H5 T3 S2 }& G2 \0 ]
"Tragic and terrible as it was, the slave trade defied anyone to discuss it because it was so horrendous." : J$ T% x& }& n Z. T5 u+ h3 g# aThe Home Office was today set to announce plans to sign the European Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings. # | s. ?- g' I% i3 X2 q2 L* \. T& K& f9 W7 ^& h
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.0 I$ y& u) x% j5 y- H, i" ]
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