Please join us to commemorate 200 years since the abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire, which included Canada.

On March 25, 1807, Britain passed the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. On March 25, 2007, at 3:30 p.m. you are invited to commemorate the day at the oldest Black church in Toronto, First Baptist Church on 101 Huron Street (near Dundas & Spadina).

The Honourable Dr. Jean Augustine will speak and there will be singing, prayer and music. For more information on the commemoration, see the new 2007 Canadian Churches’ Racial Justice Resource From Chains to Freedom: Journeying Towards Reconciliation available at www.ccc-cce.ca/english/justice/racism.htm.

Peter Noteboom
Associate Secretary, Justice and Peace
Canadian Council of Churches