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Make 1st August a Bank holiday, the official day the enslaved were freed In UK

Submitted on Saturday 20th June 2020

Rejected on Friday 17th July 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Make 1st August a Bank holiday, the official day the enslaved were freed In UK

Petition Details

We ask for Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Members of Parliament to advocate for a national Bank Holiday (August 1st), that commemorates the day enslaved Africans became free in the United Kingdom and across the British Empire.

Additional Information

Making the 1st August an official bank holiday is especially relevant in this moment in history.
This day can be used to reflect on all the changes we still need to make to create a more fair and equal society in the U.K. By recognising the very day the enslaved Africans were declared freed across the British Empire we can begin the steps to stand united.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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