Emancipation Day event will honor Haiti's independence, Juneteenth .
Caribbean leaders pushing for reparatory justice say it's time to confront an overlooked truth about the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833.
The 8th of August is widely recognized as the day President Andrew Johnson, then military governor, set his personal slaves free at his Greene County home in 1863.
This is the latest in a series of occasional articles on the shared histories of Bermuda and the United States, which celebrates the 250th anniversary of its independence this year.
America likes thinking about emancipation as an ending.
Emancipation Day was celebrated both Friday and Saturday in Cape Breton marking 192 years since the enactment of the Slavery Abolition Act.
Kingston community members came together on Saturday to commemorate Emancipation Day in Confederation Park as experts on equity, inclusion and diversity reflected on a long history of resilience.
When the Carney Liberals lecture Canadians on history it is with a smugness and self-righteousness that is as loathsome as it is tiresome.
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THE Emancipation Support Committee of Trinidad and Tobago (ESCTT) says it has no interest in engaging in a political back and forth with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar over the controversy .