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    Emancipation Day is observed in many former European colonies in the Caribbean and areas of the United States on various dates to commemorate the emancipation...
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    Emancipation has many meanings; in political terms, it often means to free a person from a previous restraint or legal disability that violates basic human...
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    Texas. Band performing in Texas for Emancipation Day, 1900 Celebration of Emancipation Day in 1900, Texas Emancipation Day celebration in Richmond, Virginia...
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  • Serfs' Emancipation Day, observed annually on 28 March, is a holiday in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China that celebrates the emancipation of serfs...
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    1862, Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. Its third paragraph begins: That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord,...
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    behalf of her sister the Queen. Emancipation Park was opened days before Independence Day and on the eve of Emancipation Day in 2002. In 2012, reggae singer...
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    Patriots' Day (Patriot's Day in Maine) is an annual event, formalized as a legal holiday or a special observance day in six U.S. states, commemorating...
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  • officials recognize November 1 as Emancipation Day". DC News Now. Retrieved 2023-02-06. "History of Emancipation Day". emancipation. Retrieved 2023-02-06. "July...
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  • holiday such as Emancipation Day. Natural disasters or public health emergencies, most recently the COVID-19 pandemic, also delay Tax Day when they prevent...
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    Emancipation Day celebration at Chilhowee Park. Johnson is one of the last surviving slaves in this section. January 1 was designated as Emancipation...
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    Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated after Christmas Day, occurring on the second day of Christmastide (26 December). Boxing Day was once a day to donate...
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    "compensated emancipation" for emancipation in 1825 and which (including secondary debts and interests) was not paid off until 1947. Russia's emancipation of its...
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    during Emancipation Day celebrations. On January 1, 1863, Gullah people in the Sea Islands of South Carolina celebrated their freedom on New Year's Day at...
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  • Day (Australia) Navy Day (Russia) Reek Sunday (Ireland) Emancipation Day (Bermuda) Somer's Day (Bermuda) National Schools Tree Day (Australia) System Administrator...
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    Groundhog Day (Pennsylvania German: Grund'sau dåk, Grundsaudaag, Grundsow Dawg, Murmeltiertag; Nova Scotia: Daks Day) is a tradition observed regionally...
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    Emancipation Oak is a historic tree on the campus of Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, in the United States. The large, sprawling southern live...
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    Mother's Day is an annual holiday celebrated in the United States on the second Sunday in May. Mother's Day recognizes mothers, motherhood and maternal...
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    Lincoln on April 16, 1862. April 16 is now celebrated in the city as Emancipation Day. Proposals to eliminate slavery in the District of Columbia date back...
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    August 8 is still celebrated as Emancipation Day in Tennessee and parts of Kentucky, Missouri, and Virginia. Emancipation Day "celebrations remained relatively...
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    Ketikoti (category Emancipation day)
    der Vrijheden (Dutch: Day of the Freedoms) is an annual celebration on 1 July that marks Emancipation Day in Suriname. The day is also known as Manspasi...
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    were held on that date, which continue to this day. It is considered one of the largest Emancipation Day celebrations in Georgia and one of the oldest...
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    The emancipation reform of 1861 in Russia, also known as the Edict of Emancipation of Russia, (Russian: Крестьянская реформа 1861 года, romanized: Krestyanskaya...
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    Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day owing to the tradition of wearing a remembrance poppy) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states...
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    Russian serfdom Serfdom Patent Serfdom in Tibet controversy Serfs Emancipation Day Sharecropping Shōen – Japanese serfdom Slavery Smerd Subjugate Taeog...
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    Brunswick, Canada) Saskatchewan Day (Saskatchewan, Canada Terry Fox Day (Manitoba, Canada) Commerce Day (Iceland) Emancipation Day (Anguilla, Antigua, The Bahamas...
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    Recife only. July 2: Bahia Independence Day, State of Bahia only. July 8: Sergipe Political Emancipation Day, State of Sergipe only July 9: Constitutionalist...
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    Sheppard West. Since 2020, CBC Gem has also marked Emancipation Day with the annual FreeUp! The Emancipation Day Special, a televised edition of actress Ngozi...
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  • Emancipation is a 2022 American historical action thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua, written by William N. Collage, and co-produced by Will Smith...
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    In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Day is the first day of the calendar year, 1 January. Most solar calendars (like the Gregorian and Julian) begin...
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  • nova (or "new star") representing a new beginning for all. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863, declared that all slaves in the rebel...
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