The event takes place at the graveside of three of the people emancipated on Aug. 8, 1863. These three formerly enslaved ...

Members of the Emancipation Support Committee participate in the annual procession celebrating the 155th anniversary of ...

Aug. 1 marks Emancipation Day in Canada. Here are 25 books by Canadian authors that examine themes of racial and social ...

Emancipation Day marks the day the Slavery Abolition Act came into effect in 1834, freeing more than 800,000 enslaved people in the British Empire, including many in Canada. This year, it also marks ...

The JTC Ramsay Circle, better known as the Bussa Roundabout, again came alive during the 2025 Emancipation celebrations.

By Kisean Joseph [email protected] Antigua and Barbuda commemorated 191 years of freedom from slavery, ...

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This year's annual Underground Freedom Train ride on the TTC will begin in Vaughan and end in downtown Toronto.

Jokes, Jokes, Jokes is a fresh take on marking Emancipation Day in Canada—an eight-episode comedy series for CBC Gem that ...

Emancipation was the beginning of a responsibility, a duty to build a society founded on order, dignity, and justice. That ...

The City of Kingston held a ceremony in Confederation Park to recognize Emancipation Day on Friday, Aug. 1. Access to ...

It is August 1 and Jamaicans celebrate Emancipation Day. On this landmark day, slaves were granted freedom by Great Britain ...