Emancipation Day Celebrations | GIS Grenada

3.3K views · 49 reactions | Barbados joined the rest of the world in commemorating Emancipation Day on August 1st. It was on that day in 1834 that the Emancipation Bill came into effect and paved the way for thousands of enslaved people to become free men and women. Here in Barbados, celebrations began with an event hosted by the Pan African Coalition of Organisations and the Caribbean Movement for Peace and Integration. Sharika Griffith reports. | CBC News Barbados | Facebook

2.9K views · 25 reactions | Barbadians begin celebrations to mark Emancipation Day. Celebrations started with libations and ceremonial ancestral reverence at the Emancipation Statue at the JTC Ramsay Roundabout, Haggatt Hall, St Michael. | Barbados Today | Facebook

1.2K views · 38 reactions | August 1 marked Canada's first ever Emancipation Day. Toronto's Black community celebrated the day by taking to the streets, marching and showcasing culture and history from Yonge and Bloor to Christie Pits. The day commemorates the Slavery Abolition Act, which became law on Aug. 1, 1834. The act freed more than 800,000 people of African descent throughout the British Empire. | CBC Toronto | Facebook