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In recognition of Emancipation Day, CBC has special programming to celebrate, educate and reflect on what freedom means.
Emancipation Day commemorates the abolition of slavery across the British Empire on Aug. 1. On that historic day in 1834, the Slavery Abolition Act came into effect, freeing more than 800,000 people of African descent in Canada and throughout the British Empire.
This year, the House of Commons voted unanimously to designate Aug. 1 as Emancipation Day across Canada.
To mark the day, Being Black in Canada, CBC Gem and CBC Arts will provide the following programming:
READ MORE: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cbc-programming-emancipation-day-aug-1-1.6120915
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El Jones performs her powerful poem for Emancipation Day
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1927755331572
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