Historian Shares Thoughts on Emancipation Day with ABC, Community

Historian shares thoughts on Emancipation Day with ABC, community

Rosemary Sadlier was instrumental in the establishment of Black History Month across Canada, but her advocacy work as President of the Ontario Black History Society increased the profile of Emancipation Day in this country as well.

Record Crowd Celebrates Emancipation Day in Charlottetown - The Caribbean Camera

A large crowd gathered at Rochford Square in Charlottetown on Saturday for the biggest Emancipation Day celebration held on Prince Edward Island since the occasion was officially recognised in 2021. Jasonique Moss Held in The Bog, the city’s historic Black neighbourhood, the event featured speeches, cultural performances, live music and traditional food to mark Aug. 1, 1834, when slavery was abolished across the British Empire. “This is the bigg…

Historian shares thoughts on Emancipation Day, making a difference

By Brock Weir Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Rosemary Sadlier was instrumental in the establishment of Black History Month across Canada, but her advocacy work as President of the Ontario Black History Society increased the profile of Emancipation Day in this country as well. As communities gathered August 1 to mark Emancipation Day, the anniversary of the abolition of slavery across the British Empire in 1834, Sadlier was at Aurora Town S…