Ethno-Cultural: Black Afro Caribbean
Emancipation Proclamation Day
USA
About
Commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States. The Emancipation Proclamation took effect January 1, 1863, declaring enslaved people in Confederate states free, while the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act freed enslaved people in Washington, D.C., on April 16, 1862.
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https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/emancipation-proclamation-striking-mighty-blow-slavery