The Slave Trade Act received royal assent in Britain, abolishing the transatlantic slave trade across the British Empire.
SlaveryOn this day — March 25 in African history
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Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. completed their four-day march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
Civil RightsViola Liuzzo, an American civil rights activist, was murdered by Ku Klux Klan members after the Selma to Montgomery march.
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DinoSoupCanada — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 2007 The United Nations General Assembly designated March 25 as the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
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