Civic leaders in Greater Manchester will make the case to government for education around slavery and the slave trade to be 'compulsory' learning in primary and secondary schools. They have also collectively agreed to call on the Prime Minister to introduce a national Slavery Memorial Day.
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority met on Friday - coincidentally Holocaust Memorial Day - to consider a request from Salford City Council to support its call for a national Slavery Memorial Day.
The motion said: "The GMCA is recommended to support the motion presented by Salford City Council to call on the Government to declare a national Slavery Memorial Day and to consider making slavery a compulsory national curriculum schools' subject."
