For most people, December 1 is marked internationally as World Aids Day. But in SA it also marks Emancipation Day, the day slavery was officially abolished in this country in 1834. More than 63,000 enslaved people were brought to the Cape between 1653 and 1808, mostly from the Indian Ocean territories.
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