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  2. Independence of Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    After 146 years of Spanish rule, a large group of British sailors and soldiers landed in the Kingston Harbour on 10 May 1655, during the Anglo-Spanish War. [4] The English, who had set their sights on Jamaica after a disastrous defeat in an earlier attempt to take the island of Hispaniola, marched toward Villa de la Vega, the administrative center of the island.

  3. History of Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    Beginning with the Stuart monarchy's appointment of a civil governor to Jamaica in 1661, political patterns were established that lasted well into the 20th century. The second governor, Lord Windsor , brought with him in 1662 a proclamation from the king giving Jamaica's non-slave populace the same rights as those of English citizens, including ...

  4. Emancipation Proclamation - Wikipedia

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    The Emancipation Proclamation, officially Proclamation 95, [2] [3] was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War. The Proclamation had the effect of changing the legal status of more than 3.5 million enslaved African Americans in the ...

  5. Emancipation Day - Wikipedia

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    In the capital, Tallahassee, Civil War re-enactors playing the part of Major General Edward McCook and other union soldiers act out the speech General McCook gave from the steps of the Knott House on 20 May 1865. [58] This was the first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation in Florida. [59]

  6. The 160th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation is a ...

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    OPINION: The proclamation — issued Jan. 1, 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln — didn’t bring immediate freedom for the approximately 4 million Black people living in enslavement at the time.

  7. End of slavery in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Because the Emancipation Proclamation, which was issued on January 1, 1863, applied only to states "in rebellion", it did not apply in the border states, nor in Tennessee, because Tennessee was already under Union control. [5] During the war, the abolition of slavery was required by President Abraham Lincoln for the readmission of Confederate ...

  8. Today in History: Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation

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    Lincoln followed up on January 1, 1863 by formally issuing the final version of the Emancipation Proclamation, announcing that all slaves within the rebel states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

  9. Paul Bogle - Wikipedia

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    Paul Bogle (1822 – 24 October 1865) [2] was a Jamaican Baptist deacon and activist. He is a National Hero of Jamaica.He was a leader of the 1865 Morant Bay protesters, who marched for justice and fair treatment for all the people in Jamaica.