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  2. 'Mayteenth' in Tallahassee: Emancipation Proclamation read ...

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    A free lunch and family-friendly activities followed across the street in Lewis Park. ... May 20, marks the day in 1865 when the Emancipation Proclamation was first read in Tallahassee. The day is ...

  3. Emancipation Day - Wikipedia

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    1 August, Emancipation Day in Jamaica is a public holiday and part of a week-long cultural celebration, during which Jamaicans also celebrate Jamaica Independence Day on 6 August 1962. Both 1 August and 6 August are public holidays. Emancipation Day had stopped being observed as a nation holiday in 1962 at the time of independence. [24]

  4. ByGone Muncie: The memorable Emancipation Day ... - AOL

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    On Emancipation Day, Sept. 22, 1898, the Muncie Daily Times wrote that “on the twenty-second day of September, 1862, Abraham Lincoln, in his capacity as president of the United States, affixed ...

  5. 'Joy and jubilation': Tallahassee celebrates Emancipation Day ...

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    A series of celebrations leads up to the May 20 reading of General Edward Cook’s 1865 proclamation from the Knott House.

  6. Fifth of July (New York) - Wikipedia

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    African Americans in New York had made preparations from at least March 1827, reported in the newly established Freedom's Journal. Nathaniel Paul at Albany led a meeting that "Resolved, That whereas the 4th day of July is the day that the National Independence of this country is recognized by white citizens, we deem it proper to celebrate the 5th".

  7. Category:Emancipation day - Wikipedia

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  8. “History Cool Kids”: 91 Interesting Pictures From The Past

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    Image credits: historycoolkids The History Cool Kids Instagram account has amassed an impressive 1.5 million followers since its creation in 2016. But the page’s success will come as no surprise ...

  9. Emancipation Park (Kingston, Jamaica) - Wikipedia

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    Emancipation Park is a public park in Kingston, Jamaica. The park is in New Kingston, opened on 31 July 2002, the day before Emancipation Day . Prime Minister P.J. Patterson 's address to open the park he acknowledged that the park is a commemoration of the end of slavery in the British Empire and French Caribbean slavery.