Back in October, my bill to establish #EmancipationDay as a state holiday passed out of committee. This legislation honors the #PAHouse for ratifying the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution outlawing (non-carceral) #slavery. PA ratified this amendment on February 3, 1865. | Rep. Chris Rabb
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Back in October, my bill to establish #EmancipationDay as a state holiday passed out of committee. This legislation honors the #PAHouse for ratifying the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution outlawing (non-carceral) #slavery. PA ratified this amendment on February 3, 1865. | Rep. Chris Rabb
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🔴 | The reinstated national Emancipation Day holiday was celebrated on Monday with music, dance, historical exhibits, food and fireworks, all along the George Town waterfront. The celebration began on Sunday with 345 Day, an opening gala and church service. But the festivities kicked into gear on Monday, when celebrants lined Seafarers Way and neighbouring roads with cultural displays and activities. In the late afternoon, families perused the exhibits, which included a recreation of historic B
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🌎📚 Emancipation Day – The Caribbean’s Gift to Global Black Freedom August 1, 1834, wasn’t just a Caribbean turning point — it was a global one. The abolition of slavery in Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, and others began a ripple effect that inspired Black resistance worldwide. From Barbados’ Bussa to Grenada’s Fedeon, Caribbean uprisings helped crack the system open. Trinidad & Tobago led the world by declaring Emancipation Day a holiday in 1985, replacing Columbus Day with African pride.
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Emancipation Day is of great historical significance to Jamaica and many other countries across the world that were formerly part of the British Empire. Plantation slavery came at midnight on July 31, 1838, and the 1st August is therefore the anniversary of the day when slavery came to an end. It is the day on which we celebrate our freedom as a people, a day of very great national importance, as the vast majority of our ancestors came to these shores in bondage. Today we remember the contributi
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Caption: Juneteenth became a federal holiday in the U.S. on June 17, 2021, when President Joe Biden signed it into law. It commemorates June 19, 1865—the day enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, finally learned they were free, over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. A powerful reminder of delayed justice and enduring hope. | The Progressive Minds Show
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Emancipation day🇵🇷 Emancipation Day in Puerto Rico is celebrated annually on March 22 to commemorate the abolition of slavery on the island by the Spanish National Assembly in 1873. It is a public holiday celebrating Afro-Puerto Rican heritage, culture, and history, often marked with cultural events, music (Bomba and Plena), and education on the 1873 decree.
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