International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 2026: Messages, Quotes, Theme & Greetings

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is celebrated internationally on 2nd December every year with the aim of ending slavery, International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 2025, Messages, Quotes, Theme & Greetings

This day is organized by the General Assembly of the United Nations

History of International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

Respect was first started by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 2 December 1949, since then it is being celebrated every year, the first purpose behind celebrating this day is to stop human trafficking and prostitution and slavery.

According to the report of the International Labor Organization, currently more than 40 million people are victims of slavery all over the world, who need to be freed.

Four types of slavery

Debt slavery, war slavery, criminal slavery.

call attention to the estimated 50 million people worldwide who are trapped in modern slavery.

This Year Theme is ‘Fighting Slavery’s Legacy of Racism through Transformative Education‘

How many modern slaves were in 2025?
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49.6 million people

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery Quotes

“Freedom is never given; it is won.” – A. Philip Randolph

“No one is free until we are all free.” – Emma Lazarus

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.” – Rosa Parks

“Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.” – Herbert Hoover

“Slavery is theft – theft of a life, theft of work, theft of any property or produce, theft even of the children a slave might have borne.” – Kevin Bales

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery Message

“Every man has his dignity and only when you rob him of it, he is slave!” – Jose Rizal

“To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.” – Nelson Mandela

“Slavery is but half abolished, emancipation is but half completed, while millions of freemen with votes in their hands are left without education.” – Frederick Douglass

“Abolishing slavery seemed of less importance to me than abolishing the slave trader.” – William Wilberforce

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