Submitted on Sunday 21st June 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 7th July 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Implement a National Day of Remembrance for involvement in Atlantic Slave Trade.
I am calling for the UK Government & Church of England to recognise their involvement in the Atlantic Slave Trade by implementing a national day of remembrance on August 1, 2020.
To remember the lives lost and the untold suffering felt by millions of people who were captured and transported from Africa to British colonies.
The Slavery Abolition Act received Royal assent on August 28, 1833, and came into force the following year, on 1 August 1834.
It is important to have this remembrance day to acknowledge the efforts of those who campaigned tirelessly against the slave trade that lasted over 400 years, longer than all the wars fought by Britain & America combined.
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The Government isn't responsible for designating days of remembrance, but we have published a petition calling on the Government to make August 1st of each year a bank holiday, the 'Abolition of Slavery Day', which you might like to sign: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325202
We have also published several petitions about race and equality more widely, which you can view here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions?state=open&topic=race-and-equality
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