Rites of August First: Emancipation Day in the Black Atlantic World
(Part of the Antislavery, Abolition, and the Atlantic World Series and Antislavery, Abolition, and the Atlantic World Series)
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Thirty years before Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, the antislavery movement won its first victory in the British Parliament. On August 1, 1834, the Abolition of Slavery Bill took effect, ending colonial slavery throughout the British Empire. Over the next three decades, "August First Day," also known as "West India Day" and "Emancipation Day," became the most important annual celebration of emancipation among people of African descent...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0807143642
ISBN13:9780807143643
Release Date:December 2011
Publisher:LSU Press
Length:296 Pages
Weight:1.01 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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