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Emancipation Day

On March 24, 2021, the House of Commons voted unanimously to officially designate August 1st, Emancipation Day. It marks the actual day in 1834 that the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 came into effect across the British Empire.

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  • The Second Emancipation

    Nkrumah, pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide

    French, Howard W.,
    Book, 2025New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2025] — 960.32 NKRUM-F
  • Book, 2013[Toronto] : Doubleday Canada, c2013. — FIC Grady
  • Black Ghost of Empire

    the Long Death of Slavery and the Failure of Emancipation

    Manjapra, Kris, 1978-
    Book, 2022New York : Scribner, 2022. — 306.362 MAN
  • The Crown's Silence

    the Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas

    Newman, Brooke N.,
    Book, 2026New York : Mariner Books, [2026] — 306.362 NEW
  • The Great Resistance

    the 400-year Fight to End Slavery in the Americas

    Gibson, Carrie, 1976-
    Book, 2026New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2026. — 306.362097 GIB
  • Book, 2021New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2021]. — 394.263 GOR
  • Daring to Be Free

    Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World

    Hazareesingh, Sudhir,
    Book, 2025New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025. — 306.36209 HAZ
  • Policing Black Lives

    State Violence in Canada From Slavery to the Present

    Maynard, Robyn, 1987-
    Book, 2017Black Point, Nova Scotia : Fernwood Publishing, [2017] — 305.896071 MAY
  • The Hanging of Angélique

    the Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montréal

    Cooper, Afua
    Book, 2006Toronto : HarperCollins, c2006. — 971.428014092 Angel -C

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