Commemorating the Abolition of the British Slave Trade

Mayor David Miller,
Toronto City Council
and the
Committee to Commemorate and Memorialize the
Abolition of the Slave Trade (CMAST)

cordially invite you to attend a
Black History Month celebration
to launch the commemoration of

the 200h Anniversary of the Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade

Sunday, February 11, 2007
2 p.m.

Toronto City Hall
100 Queen Street West
Rotunda

Please respond to 416-392-7667 or E-mail
TTY 416-338-0889


The United Nations (UN) has designated March 25 as the International Day for the Commemoration of the Abolition of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade to mark the 1807 decision by the British Parliament. The UN has urged governments to carry out education programs to create an understanding of the consequences of slavery and the slave trade. In 1793 Governor Simcoe introduced the first anti-slavery Act in the British Empire making Toronto an important link in the Underground Railroad.

The Committee to Commemorate and Memorialize the Abolition of the Slave Trade (CMAST) in Toronto was established to carry out a program to commemorate the bicentennial of the abolition of the British and American Trans-Atlantic slave trade.