Commemoration thumb|Statue on Kunta Kinteh Island, The Gambia, commemorating the end of the Atlantic slave trade; the stick figure is a Kanaga mask. thumb|Commemorative statue of 121 years of abolition in Botucatu, Brazil People in modern times have commemorated abolitionist movements and the abolition of slavery in different ways around the world. The United Nations General Assembly declared 2004 the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition. This proclamation marked the bicentenary of the proclamation of the first modern slavery-free state, Haiti. Numerous exhibitions, events and research programmes became associated with the initiative.
Commemoration thumb|Statue on Kunta Kinteh Island The Gambia, commemorating the end of the Atlantic slave trade; the stick figure is a Kanaga mask. thumb|Commemorative statue of 121 years of abolition in Botucatu, Brazil People in modern times have commemorated abolitionist movements and the abolition of slavery in different ways around the world. The United Nations General Assembly declared 2004 the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition. This proclamation marked the bicentenary of the proclamation of the first modern slavery-free state, Haiti Numerous exhibitions, events and research programmes became associated with the initiative.