Emancipation Day April 16 2024

Emancipation Day April 16 2024. The district of columbia emancipation commemoration commission develops plans, programs, projects, and activities to celebrate the holiday and commemorate the district. The act provided immediate emancipation of slaves, compensation to former owners who were loyal to the union of up to $300 for each freed slave, voluntary colonization of former slaves to locations outside the.

Emancipation day celebrates president abraham lincoln’s signing of the compensated emancipation act on 16 april 1862. Celebrated annually on april 16th, emancipation day is a holiday that is observed all across the united states, particularly in washington, dc, to commemorate abraham.