Five things to do in Kingston area this weekend - July 29th
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tunetardis@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 3y
I did not know Canada has an Emancipation Day and had to look it up. Apparently, it happened simultaneously across the British Empire in 1833, so it was a pretty big deal – particularly in the Caribbean colonies. Here in Canada, about 2/3 of slaves before that time were Indigenous and 1/3 black.