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	It's Official - August 1 is Emancipation Day
		Kenny Anthony, celebrating Emancipation Day on the first Monday of August, had served to desensitise the consciousness of Caribbean peoples, from the historical condition that led to their existence.
		Lucians had lost completely, perhaps due to amnesia, the significance of Emancipation Day and if you were to ask the average St. Lucia what August Monday meant, they probably would simple tell you that it is just another holiday.
		Emancipation Day was officially recognized in St. Lucia this year on August 1.
	www.stlucia.gov.lc /pr2000/it's_official_-_august_1_is_emancipation_day.htm (324 words)

	Emancipation Day in Harrisburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Harrisburg residents, along with Blacks in other large northern cities, chose a different day and a different cause for celebration: August first was Emancipation Day, in honor of the 1834 act of the British Parliament bringing an end to slavery in the British West Indies.
		The day was marked by parades and abolitionist speeches, often to the confusion of the local white community, who did not understand the significance of the date.
		Emancipation Day later came to mean the day on which Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation went into effect, which was January 1, 1863.
	www.afrolumens.org /rising_free/emancipation.html (784 words)

	RastaSpeaks.com - Illusions of Emancipation
		Emancipation time in Trinidad and Tobago, once again has come and gone, and those that eagerly plunged into the fleeting concept of Emancipation and swum in the sea of false consciousness are nowhere to be found.
		The real significance of Emancipation seems to be lost to the many seasonal Africans who around Emancipation time unpack their African garments from the back of their cupboards and rush to the Emancipation village to parade themselves.
		The temporary one day celebration of emancipation while it may have its role in the scheme of things, obscures the fact although more than 150 years have passed since emancipation from chattel slavery, people are not free from the shackles of European domination and the need for foreign (white) acceptance.
	www.rastaspeaks.com /tyehimba/2004/1308.html (1811 words)

	Emancipation Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Emancipation Day is a national holiday in the Bahamas commemorating the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire on August 1, 1834.
		Emancipation Day is a national holiday in the Turks and Caicos Isands similar to the Bahamas.
		The Emancipation Day celebration was held yearly from 1866 to 1901, and was resumed under the leadership of Councilmember Vincent Orange as a tradition and historic celebration in 2002.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Emancipation_Day (668 words)

	News : Emancipation Day — Significant To All Humanity : Government of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Brothers and sisters, in my message to the nation to mark Emancipation Day this year, I made the point that when the enslaved were declared free in 1834 in British colonies, this in no way brought the required level of freedom.
		Emancipation may have emerged out of the struggle of the African community in the New World, but it is of global importance, and relates to all humanity.
		Emancipation Day might forever be a reminder of evils of slavery, but more importantly it must be a reminder of our collective capacity to change things.
	www.gov.tt /news/news_article.asp?id=2190 (1966 words)

	Metro Pulse/Secret History/Emancipation Day
		Emancipation came in so many fits and starts, as different pockets in the South got to know freedom, that fl communities celebrated various days.
		The day Johnson freed his slaves was a day of celebration in Greeneville by 1871, when local fls celebrated their freedom with a brass-band parade and picnics, and speeches, one of them given by former President Johnson himself.
		Nor was it the day that the Constitution banned slavery everywhere; that was Dec. 6.
	www.metropulse.com /dir_zine/dir_2004/1432/t_secret.html (1122 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner News - EMANCIPATION DAY MESSAGE: Giving Jamaicans Emancipation, freedom and hope - Portia Simpson ...
		"Emancipation should not be seen merely as a trophy that we take out every year to polish, admire and remind us of the vision and bravery of our ancestors.
		"The celebration of emancipation would be empty if we are not inspired to recapture that spirit of determination to be free of limitations, which was in Sam Sharpe's belly as he led the emancipation rebellion.
		Emancipation Day would be just another holiday unless we recognise it as an important step in an on-going journey to higher levels of freedom.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20060801/news/news2.html (258 words)

	Emancipation Day \| Puerto Rico \| Abolishment of Slavery \| March 22 Holiday
		This day is celebrated on different days all over the world, depending on when slavery became illegal.
		Puerto Ricans celebrate Emancipation Day on March 22nd.
		Starting in 1560, the small island of Puerto Rico began branding slaves on the forehead with a stamp so people would know they were brought in legally and that way they couldn't be kidnapped.
	www.kidzworld.com /article/549-emancipation-day-for-puerto-rico (191 words)

	Metro Pulse/Secret History/Emancipation Day
		Emancipation came in so many fits and starts, as different pockets in the South got to know freedom, that fl communities celebrated various days.
		The day Johnson freed his slaves was a day of celebration in Greeneville by 1871, when local fls celebrated their freedom with a brass-band parade and picnics, and speeches, one of them given by former President Johnson himself.
		Nor was it the day that the Constitution banned slavery everywhere; that was Dec. 6.
	metropulse.com /dir_zine/dir_2004/1432/t_secret.html (1122 words)

	Terry-J at I-Level - Emancipation episodes - Part I
		The Discovery Day holiday was, from the late 1940s, rendered a tad more palatable by annually hosting a second Carnival; enticement enough to "at least temporarily" subdue even those fls still dedicated to the cause of marking Emancipation Day.
		To compound matters, political and economic emancipation was assured by the attainment of republican status in the mid-1970s, leaving only the social component in abeyance.
		As we shall see next week, the battle for reinstatement of the Emancipation Day holiday was about to start afresh and not rendered any less difficult by Trinidad and Tobago being fully in charge of its destiny.
	trinicenter.com /Terryj/2005/Jul/08.htm (622 words)

	Juneteenth and Emancipation Day Celebrations: USF Africana Heritage Project: African American Histor
		Nearly a million and a half British slaves were freed in the Americas when Britain emancipated the slaves in her colonies and instituted their own version of the share cropper system employed in the American south.
		Emancipation Day, whether celebrated in May, August or even February is always a community affair with speeches, fellowship, events and loads of food.
		The emancipation extended to those held by the Native American tribes, called The 5 Civilized Tribes (Cherokee, Seminole, Choctaw, Chickasaw and Creek Nations)of Oklahoma, because they were slaveholders, and several factions fought on the side of the Confederacy.
	www.africanaheritage.com /Juneteenth_Emancipation.asp (1424 words)

	Emancipation Celebration
		With the 21st century around the corner, the Emancipation day Celebration is designed to foster reconciliation, unity and togetherness among Africans on the continent and in the diaspora.
		At a colourful yet somber opening ceremony, President Rawlings said that the emancipation which came about because of a passage of a law which changed the status of a man or woman from a piece of property to a free person, merely gave back what was taken from the individual in the first place.
		The Emancipation Day celebrations will forever be an historic occasion for those who participated in it, watched it on television, or read about it in the newspapers.
	www.geocities.com /ogya_krom/Emancipation.html (1326 words)

	Today in History: September 22
		Battle of Antietam, President Abraham Lincoln issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, threatening to free all the slaves in the states in rebellion if those states did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863.
		In more practical terms, the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation prevented European nations from intervening in the war on behalf of the Confederacy and enabled the Union to enlist nearly 180,000 fl volunteer soldiers to fight between January 1, 1863 and the conclusion of the war.
		See the special presentation on the Emancipation Proclamation in the American Memory collection Mr.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/sep22.html (1094 words)

	Emancipation Day, Richmond, Virginia, 1905.
		Emancipation Day Parade, Richmond, Virginia, Monday, April 3, 1905.
		The day was an ideal one and the exercises were conducted at the Broad St. Base-ball Park.
		The thousands of local colored people on the streets were augmented by many from the country, who, in their gay rigs, added to the general interest in the parade.
	www.library.vcu.edu /jbc/speccoll/vbha/freedom.html (787 words)

	Nation's leaders urge Jamaicans to use Emancipation Day to reflect, draw inspiration - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		Emancipation Day, the prime minister said, would just be another holiday, unless Jamaicans recognise it as an important step in an ongoing journey to higher levels of freedom.
		"The celebration of emancipation would be empty if we are not inspired to recapture that spirit of determination and to be free of limitations, which was in Sam Sharpe's belly as he led the Emancipation rebellion," she said.
		The prime minister, in her Emancipation Day message, also called on citizens to emancipate themselves from the mental, spiritual and emotional shackles that allow this nation to tolerate the abuse of children; violence as a way of life; corruption wherever it is found; and the erosion of fine community traditions.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /news/html/20060801T180000-0500_110242_OBS_NATION_S_LEADERS_URGE_JAMAICANS_TO_USE__EMANCIPATION_DAY_TO_REFLECT__DRAW_INSPIRATION.asp (547 words)

	Trinicenter.com - Dr. Kwame Nantambu - Emancipation Day Special
		In the specific case of TnT's Eurocentric Emancipation Day celebration, focus is not only placed on the nationality and powerlessness of Afrikans but also represents.01 percent of the history of Afrikan people on this planet.
		For while Emancipation Day gives Afrikan-Trinbagonians a fish so that they can feed themselves for a day, Afrika Year teaches Afrikan-Trinbagonians how to fish so that they can feed themselves for the rest of their lives.
		Emancipation Day distorts, bastardizes and dilutes the authenticity and magnanimity of Afrikan history while Afrika Year assures that Mother Afrika is our home; the Diaspora including TnT, is our destination.
	www.trinicenter.com /kwame/2006/2707.htm (982 words)

	Emancipation celebration - The Washington Times: Metropolitan - April 17, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		He also said Emancipation Day is a significant part of history because it was the only instance of compensated emancipation in U.S. history.
		It was the first time the federal government put its full might behind ending slavery, and it led directly to the Emancipation Proclamation, the end of slavery in the Western territories and the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution.
		Peter Hanes, a member of the D.C. Emancipation Commemorative Events Series Committee, said Emancipation Day is a special day to educate the public, especially children, about the abolition of slavery in the District.
	www.washingtontimes.com /metro/20050416-111826-4868r.htm (493 words)

	Long Weekend Boosts Emancipation Day Events
		The city made the day an official city holiday last year, and since it falls on Easter this year, event organizers decided to observe it on Monday.
		In 2000, Orange introduced a bill that made Emancipation Day a private legal holiday, in which public employees in the city were permitted to use any paid or unpaid leave.
		From 1866 to 1901, the city held an Emancipation Day parade.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/13/AR2006041301946.html (730 words)

	Black information Link:
		Emancipation Day is celebrated each year in all the former British colonies in the West Indies.
		At last, all peoples of the West Indian colonies would, through legal emancipation, be free to embrace their liberty.
		It would be another 25 years before Abraham Lincoln’s First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 before a framework was set up for the freeing of all slaves throughout the United States of America.
	www.blink.org.uk /pdescription.asp?key=8313&grp=46&cat=149 (877 words)

	Blognonymous: Emancipation Day
		When we emancipate we fine-tune democracy, we expand independence, and we recognize that, as long as a single citizen is unable to experience liberty, we're all diminished.
		Day might be better celebrated as 'Emancipation Day', a reminder that we're constantly in a battle to emancipate America's have-nots.
		I always got the impression that MLK day was created more to placate fls, since we had all these "white people" days, and no "fl ones." I am opposed to "Black History" month for the same reason.
	blognonymous.com /2006/08/emancipation-day_28.html (1104 words)

	Group might revive Emancipation Day: 2/26/96
		Conward and BPA member Raymond Patnaude came across accounts of Emancipation Day in the course of their research into local fl history.
		By the late 1840s, bands, other marching groups and societies were turning out in force for Emancipation Day parades, with the city's school children joining in too.
		By the early 1860s, Emancipation Day organizers and supporters had expanded their activities into a more political realm, as they lobbied for admission of fls into the militia.
	www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/02-96/02-26-96/1emanci.htm (646 words)

	Trinidad and Tobago Emancipation Day
		The Emancipation Bill was presented in Parliament by Thomas Buxton in 1833 and the Act came into effect on August 1, 1834.
		However, that was not to be, as amidst the joy and celebration came the news that full freedom would not be granted immediately, but that ex-slaves would be apprenticed to their former master for a minimum of four (4) years.
		In Trinidad's history (distinct from Tobago's), the episode of Emancipation was crucial in changing the character of the population of the island.
	www.trinidadandtobagonews.com /forum/webbbs_config.pl/noframes/read/1171 (949 words)

	Student Travel Information & Discounts - Events: Emancipation Day Celebrations (Nassau, Bahamas)
		The event kicks off with a road race, which is followed on the second day with a song festival incorporating all the choirs in Fox Hill.
		No Caribbean celebration would be complete without food, and the Emancipation festival luncheon is one of the biggest events during the four days of revelry.
		Emancipation festivities culminate on Fox Hill Day, the day that the community recognises the freedom granted to their ancestors in 1834, making this the oldest event in the Bahamas.
	www.istc.org /sisp/index.htm?fx=event&event_id=36099 (240 words)

	Emancipation Committee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Emancipation Proclamation has been celebrated and observed in Gallia County, Ohio continuously since 1863.
		The Gallia County Emancipation Day Celebration is reported to be the longest continuous celebration in the United States.
		In fact, the Emancipation Celebration is often thought of as a "homecoming" for Gallia County and the surrounding communities.
	www.emancipation-day.com /Purpose.htm (235 words)

	Remarks by Ambassador Odeen Ishmael at the Emancipation Day Event Sponsored by the Guyana Festivals Committee in ...
		There has always been an old argument as to when really was the first Emancipation Day in terms of the history of Guyana and the English-speaking Caribbean.
		This was, of course, part of the Emancipation Act - an Apprenticeship period of six years - where the freed slaves were compelled by law to serve their old masters just as they had done when they were slaves.
		The masters were required to provide moral and religious education for the ex-slaves, but their hostility to the Emancipation Act as a whole really meant that they would treat this six year period as an extension of slavery.
	www.guyana.org /Speeches/ishmael_emanaug2000.html (3559 words)

	Emancipation Day celebrates end of slavery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		On this day of jubilation, 10,000 people of African descent were freed.
		Except for New York City, "Emancipation Day" celebrations were held statewide on July 5 to avoid conflicts with unruly Independence Day celebrations, according to Don Papson, a local historian.
		The Albany Argus and the City Gazette described the Emancipation Day festivities in the state capital on July 5, 1827.
	www.pressrepublican.com /Archive/2002/07_2002/070520025.htm (681 words)

	V-Day: An emancipation of womanhood
		We decided on Vagina Monologues because we needed something to do for the international women day that comes up this month and the proceeds will go to the Shelter for Battered Women" she explains.
		Like most women, Joke Silva, the producer of the play said she thought the fight for the emancipation of women is what any woman should be able to fight alone with her physical strength.
		But the reverse is the case as most women in some the parts of the world where the play has been staged have come to the realization that violence against women is a universal issue they must join forces to fight.
	www.businessdayonline.com /?c=55&a=5065 (1051 words)

	Bermuda's Public Holidays 2007
		New Year's Day, the day chosen by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 when he established the 365 day calendar, marked the start of the year as the time when the Earth is closest to the Sun and established the Gregorian Calendar uses today - has festive events island wide.
		In the days before central heating was the norm, fir trees and wreaths brought indoors could be relied upon to survive perfectly well through the festive season.
		It originates from the old days in England when, to compensate their servants for working extra hard in the preparation of extravagant, all day Christmas Day feasts, members of the aristocracy and gentry were inclined to reward the former with "boxes" of game from their estates, or goodies, as well as the day off.
	www.bermuda-online.org /pubhols.htm (5281 words)

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