The Human Rights Commission, Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda and Imagine Bermuda have come together to highlight the 189th anniversary of emancipation. It is a milestone that was the result of ...
Many people think of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation (issued on January 1, 1863) as the official end of slavery. And while that’s not entirely untrue, many African descendants ...
"The Emancipation Proclamation in the South was met largely with derision among white pro-Confederate Southerners," said Andy Talkov, head of program development at the historical society. "It didn't ...