The Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 was passed at midnight on 31/7/1834
in the British West Indies at midnight. It
ended servitude in the British Empire on 1st of August 1834.
However, it was four years after on the 1st of August 1838 that Queen Victoria of England granted full freedom to all slaves on the island.
On this day, a variety of islands throughout the Caribbean including Jamaica, celebrate Emancipation Day.
"Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery; None but ourselves can free our minds."
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