http://www.burngreavemessenger.org/archives/2007/june-2007/bicentenary-of-the-abolition-of-slavery/ The commemoration event - 200 years since the abolition of the slave trade – was held on the March at the Winter Gardens and hosted by Lord Mayor Jackie Drayton. Seated serenely among the greenery, we were far removed from the reality of the horrors of slavery. en 2007-05-31T20:34:34Z Derrick Okrah slavery, project, children, africa, daily 1 2001-04-13T12:00Z