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SaltWire on MSNCape Breton’s first Emancipation Day celebration held in Glace BayGLACE BAY ー A historic first for Cape Breton. The island’s very first Emancipation Day celebration, marking the British Empire’s Slavery Abolition Act of 1833, was held in Glace Bay on Thursday. Many ...
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Journey to Juneteenth: Tallahassee family continues Florida’s Emancipation Day traditionsTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - In Florida, Emancipation Day is traditionally celebrated on May 20. On that day in 1865, the Emancipation Proclamation was read on the steps of the Knott House near ...
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