Documentary: “Enslavement to Emancipation”
Documentary Showing “Enslavement to Emancipation”
Emancipation Day 2020If your school, organization, or civic/social group is interested in marching together in the 2020 parade, please click here to register. |
What is Emancipation Day?The DC Compensated Emancipation Act of 1862 ended slavery in Washington, DC, freed 3,100 individuals, reimbursed those who had legally owned them and offered the newly freed women and men money to emigrate. It is this legislation, and the courage and struggle of those who fought to make it a reality, that we commemorate every April 16, DC Emancipation Day. |