Emancipation Day (British West Indies)
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August First Day
West Indies Day
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found: Work cat.: 2006024849: Rites of August First, 2007(Emancipation Day, West Indies Day, August First Day; on Aug. 1, 1834, slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire; this was especially important to the British West Indies. The day is celebrated today in many countries.)
found: Wikipedia, Aug. 9, 2006(Emancipation Day widely observed in the British West Indies, commemorating the emancipation of slaves in the Brish Empire on August 1, 1834. Article also cities an Emancipation Day celebrated in the United Kingdom for the repeal of the Red Flag Act, and an Emancipation Day celebrated in the District of Columbia for Lincoln's emancipation of slaves.)
found: Holidays, festivals, and celebrations of the world(Emancipation Day in Trinidad and Tobago)
found: Chase's 2004 calendar of events(Jamaica: abolition of slavery; Trinidad and Tobago: Emancipation Day)
found: International book of days(Aug. 1, 1834, slavery outlawed throughout the British Empire)
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2006-09-13: new
2023-03-08: revised
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