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Dear all,
ACCESS TO SLAVERY RECORDS - SIGN THE PETITION
Following a recent Editor's comment on Colourful Network titled 'Why African descendants should have free access to slavery records' ( Colourful : Weekday Edition, 30/04/2007 ), the UK government has decided to set up a petition so that people could access records pertaining to enslaved ancestors
as well as slave owners.

HI PEOPLE I WAS SENT THIS THIS MORNING

PLEASE FORWARD TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN





A UK company is currently placing online colonial records of 3.000.000 Africans, relating to their enslavement. This is a corporate attempt to cash in on the increased interest during the bicentenary year.

African people and descendants of slaves should not have to pay for such a service. This should be a free to view document, with all records being made public so the history can be known by all.

Please sign this petition to get all government records made available free of charge to everyone. Pass it on to others - get the whole African Diaspora to sign this petition.

Go to Petition to: Give African descendants free access to slavery records. to sign the Petition.

Of the millions of black people in the UK, ONLY: 1,677 have signed the petition. This is disgraceful !!

Deadline to sign up by: 04 May 2008 .....so, get SIGNING !!!