Emancipation Day: Day and Emancipation

emancipation day: Aug. 1 commemorates the anniversary of that day in 1834 when slavery was abolished in the British Empire, according to CBC. Upper Canada – now Ontario – was the first to enact it. On a warm, cloudy afternoon in Ancaster, church historian and archivist Evelyn Auchinvole tells stories from Stewart Memorial Church history, including snippets of spirituals for a small crowd gathered on Sunday, the day before Emancipation Day. The Emancipation Proclamation in the United States wouldn't come for another 30 years in 1863. "Canada was a little ahead of the curve on this one," Auchinvole said. It began in the 1830s as St. I asked local historian Evelyn Auchinvole what Canadians should think about on Emancipation Day tomorrow. #Ham Ont @kellyrbennett Being hated for the colour of our skin' Stewart Memorial has always been a refuge, she said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.