October 7, 2026: Anniversary of the death of John Woolman (early American abolitionist) October 7, 1772. He was a member of the Religious Society of Friends. He travelled around the eastern United Colonies of America advocating for the freedom of slaves. He campaigned against cruelty to animals and refused to wear dyed clothes […]
August 23, 2026. Journée internationale du souvenir de la traite négrière et de son abolition (International Day for Remembrance of Slave Trade and Its Abolition). It commemorates the date on August 23, 1791 when the uprising against slavery in French colony of Saint Domingue (now Haiti) began. The date was designated by UNESCO. […]
August 28, 2026:Anniversary Abolition Act 1833 abolishing slavery throughout the British Empire receives the Royal Assent August 28, 1833
August 24, 2026: Anniversary birth of William Wilberforce August 24, 1759
August 22, 2026: Anniversary death of Benjamin Lundy, August 22, 1839 (US abolitionist)
August 5, 2026: Anniversary William Wilberforce buried in Westminster Abbey, London August 5, 1833 July 29, 2026. Anniversary of the death of William Wilberforce on July 29, 1833
August 2, 2026: Anniversary birth of Joseph Sturge August 2, 1793 (British abolitionist)
August 1, 2026: Abolition Act 1833 abolishing slavery throughout the British Empire comes into force August 1, 1834
June 16, 2026. UNICEF Day of the African Child.
Bonded child laborer supported by the Society’s program in Karnataka, India June 12, 2026. World Day Against Child Labor
June 30, 2026. Anniversary of death of Blessed Gennaro Maria Sarnelli (1702–1744) who fought against child labor in the Kingdom of Naples.
Slave mother and her children photographed by the Society’s Secretary during a Mission to investigate traditional slavery inAfrica “Am I not a mother and a sister?” This Mother’s Day, we remember the nearly 3,000 Yazidi girls captured and enslaved by the Islamic State who have not been found. Many of them were […]