[align=justify] [/align]http://operationtruth2007.co.uk [align=justify]
[/align][align=justify]Operation TRUTH 2007 is a campaign to put a Black perspective on local and national government plans to commemorate 200 years since the Abolition of the so called Slave Trade in 1807.[/align] [align=justify]
[/align] [align=justify]Some key facts:[/align] [align=justify]
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• [align=justify]They did not abolish the ‘slave trade’ because they cared about us. Following major uprisings (rebellions) in the Caribbean and industrialisation, slavery became unprofitable and difficult to maintain [/align]

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• [align=justify]The transporting of enslaved Afrikans was made illegal in 1807 but slavery (on the plantations) was not made illegal until 1833[/align]

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• [align=justify]In 1833 compensation was paid to slave owners, plantation owners and merchants totaling over £20 million. Nothing was paid to Afrikans or Afrika then or now[/align]

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• [align=justify]In 2007 through poor education and an inappropriate curriculum our children are still underachieving. Our brothers are still being locked up for crimes that others get fines or non custodial sanctions for. We are still overrepresented in mental health statistics. We are still being murdered because of the colour of our skin. The system is still attacking us and we still think we are free![/align]

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[/align] [align=center]SO WHAT’S NEW? WHAT’S CHANGED?[/align] [align=center]WHAT’S THERE TO COMMEMORATE?[/align][align=center]
[/align][align=left]Other websites of similar interest:-[/align]http://www.ligali.org/article.php?id=583

http://www.rendezvousofvictory.org/2...centenary.html