Slavery's end: The council is due to host a reception this Friday to mark the bicentenary of the abolition of the Slave Trade Act.
On Friday it will be 200 years since a parliamentary Bill was passed to abolish the slave trade in the British empire.
Speakers at the event will include Sam Wilberforce, the great, great, great grandson of the abolitionist William Wilberforce and guests from Croydon's African and Caribbean communities are expected to attend.
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