Slavery “Then and now”- Sweden’s participation in the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Alert DateDecember 26, 2011 Country: Sweden Address: Stockholm Racism and discrimination phenomena: Afrophobia
General Type: Racist discourse, Discrimination, Institutional discrimination Groups affected / Interested in: Migrants Strands: Discrimination, Racism Key Areas: Education, Discrimination Statistics

Slavery “Then and now”- School material about Sweden’s participation in the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Delegation for Human Rights in Sweden has just completed is the production of School material about Sweden’s participation in the Transatlantic Slave trade. The material called Slaveri då och nu [Slavery then and now] is the result of a collaboration between the Delegation and a number of organizations that work with racism and discrimination. The material will initially be distributed to 2000 students in the classes 7-9 and at high schools. The material was launched on the 9th of October which marks the day The Swedish Parliament abolished The Transatlantic Slave Trade in 1847. During the African History Week which was arranged in Stockholm 9-15 October, the school material was launched for teachers and the media. The organizers were the Centre against racism and the Afro-Swedish Association.

Source: Forum for living history: http://www.levandehistoria.se/slaveriet