1st August Emancipation Day

In support of Emancipation Day, campaigners are appealing to the community and beyond for support for the 2007 Memorial campaign to raise £1.5 million for a memorial in Hyde Park recognising the victims of the transatlantic slave trade.

Long time activist Patrick Vernon has produced a video to raise awareness for the campaign. He said:

I have funded and produced this film trailer to support the fundraising efforts for this important memorial in Hyde Park for the lost history and absence of the tens of millions of enslaved Africans who are still invisible to our community and the wider public about the true history of this country and whose souls have not rested.”

Patrick is right we should all very much get behind this project and ensure that here in the heart of London a memorial for our brothers and sisters who were enslaved be remembered with dignity and honour.

Please see further details of the campaign on the website

Simon Woolley