Emancipation Day in California

In California, planners have organized family gatherings, picnics and other events to mark that historic event.

Emancipation Day in California: April 15 – EDD offices are open on this legal holiday.

This Day is celebrated in many former British colonies in the Caribbean and areas of the United States on various dates in observance of the emancipation of slaves of African descent. It is also observed in other areas in regard to the abolition of serfdom or other forms of servitude.

January 1, 2013, marked the 150th Anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln signing the executive order of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Source: ca.gov

A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind.

John Maynard Keynes

Emancipation came to the colored race in America as a war measure. It was an act of military necessity. Manifestly it would have come without war, in the slower process of humanitarian reform and social enlightenment.

Wendell Willkie

The Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, was put into effect on January 1, 1863, but news of the Proclamation and enforcement did not reach Texas until after the end of the Civil War almost two years later.

Corrine Brown

Freedom is an expensive gift always worth fighting for. Even if it costs us!

Marck E. Estemil

Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men.

Mortimer Adler