Emancipation Day 2024 Washington Dc. July 30, 2024 halifax, nova scotia parks canada. Emancipation day commemorates that historic day when president abraham lincoln signed the compensated emancipation act, freeing 3,185 enslaved persons in.
This article is part of the slavery in the president’s neighborhood initiative. Every year on april 16, washington, dc commemorates the anniversary of the signing of the 1862 dc compensated emancipation act, the law that abolished slavery in the.