Happy Emancipation Day, Jamaica !
Emancipation Day is of great historical significance to Jamaica and many other countries across the world that were formerly part of the British Empire.
Plantation slavery came to an end at midnight on July 31, 1838, and so August 1 is the anniversary go the day when slavery came to and end.
“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots “. – Marcus Moziah Garvey
Far we have come, far we must go !