On 25 March 1807, the slave trade was abolished in the British colonies. The breakthrough in 1807 was not achieved by an individual but by a mass movement which brought together many different sections of society.

In less than 20 years, isolated voices of protest developed into a popular movement that not only managed to challenge assumptions about slavery that had been embedded over hundreds of years, but also convinced many people that they had an obligation to end it. Its achievements were unparalleled at the time and even today there are only a limited number of campaigns which could claim to have had the same impact.

To harness the abolition spirit of 1807 when tens of thousands of ordinary people signed petitions to end the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Anti-Slavery International created a campaigning mini-site with information on events, petitions, e-cards and specific campaign actions on modern day slavery. To date 16,122 have signed the petition, 50 events around the UK have been listed to happen in 2007. Throughout the year 16,000

e-cards have been sent peaking at 12,000 in one month. The site also has information about campaigners from the past and partners in the 2007 Heritage Network of Museums, Galleries and Archives. Thousands of resources have been bought and downloaded.

It has been linked to and from many other sites and the web address is in hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles.

The campaign that tens of thousands have today pledged support for has already seen some successes - for example in government proposals to make it compulsory to teach the Transatlantic Slave Trade in schools will now happen. Commemorative activities such as stamps, coins will be issued in March 2007, and a national service at Westminster Abbey. There has also been renewed government focus on contemporary forms of slavery.

Nominated by Raj Dasani, 01 March 2007

No man can give onother man his freedon becos a man is born free.Malco x.Sauth african economy is rankd the best amongs thos of the developing countries ,and this culd hv nt bin achieved hd it nt bin the exploitation of black man by white, and this legacy wil haunt the blacks for the next 100yrs in the post apartheid era .In the past cuple of week i bin researching on the this topic slavery particulari in africa and the consiquences are that ,i wil neva cum into terms with this barbaric b'havior or to sum up im stil angry bt neva the les and i salute our greatest leaders who showd their wilingnes to die and thos ar the likes of martin luther,malcom x ,stokely carmichael to mention bt a few .Ya they wer quantitatively smal bt wer qualitatively giants and their courageous act in the face of death helped shape the course history .I olso want to bring into your atention that recism in sauth africa is stil veri high since sum few individuals within the white comunity do like change.

Submitted by Thami, 22 April 2007