Georgetown University’s Center for the Study of Slavery and Its Legacies (CSSL), which researches the history of enslavement, ...

Thousands celebrate DC Emancipation Day with a parade, live entertainment, and fireworks, marking the 20th anniversary of the public holiday.

DC was only part of the U.S. to pay off slave owners for freeing enslaves persons they held.

It marks that day President Abraham Lincoln ended slavery in the District.

April 16 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1862, the U.S. Congress abolished slavery in the District of Columbia. In 2005, the city officially began observing the date as Emancipation Day.

Emancipation Day marks the abolition of slavery in the ... in the city “as a means of educating the public about the history of enslavement in Lynchburg, which was not taught in the public ...

Thousands turned out on Sunday to partake in D.C.’s parade commemorating Emancipation Day, the day in 1862 that 3,000 enslaved people in the District were given their freedom. D.C.’s annual ...

This year, that celebration continued on Palm Sunday when, during the D.C. Emancipation Day 20th Anniversary Parade, Festival and Concert, a stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue became ground zero for D.C.

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