
“Slavery is History… Get Over It!”
July 26, 2021 For today’s flavour of Secret Sauce, let’s talk about Maafa, aka The Transatlantic Slave Trade. Maafa means "Terrible Thing" in Swahili. On August 1, 1834 the British government abolished slavery across the Commonwealth including Canada. On June 19, 1865, slavery was abolished in the United States. Today, that day is referred to as Juneteenth. Many Canadians are now familiar with Juneteenth because last year many Canadian companies gave their employees the day o