Daily quote by Atlantic slave trade

• The history of slavery is a history of suffering and barbarity that shows humanity at its worst.
  But it is also a history of awe-inspiring courage that shows human beings at their best – starting with enslaved people who rose up against impossible odds and extending to the abolitionists who spoke out against this atrocious crime.
  And yet, the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade haunts us to this day.
  We can draw a straight line from the centuries of colonial exploitation to the social and economic inequalities of today.
  And we can recognize the racist tropes popularized to rationalize the inhumanity of the slave trade in the white supremacist hate that is resurgent today.
  • António Guterres, “Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade”, United Nations, (25 March 2023)