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Windsor Emancipation Celebration is a multi-cultural festival that invites people of all ethnicities to commemorate and celebrate the 1833 Emancipation Act passed by the British Parliament banning slavery throughout the British Empire, including British North America (Canada).
History of Emancipation Day Celebration
In 1833, the British Parliament passed an act banning slavery. It took full effect at midnight
of July 31st, 1834. On August 1st, 1834, slavery was banned throughout the British Empire, including British North America.
Though the Masons and churches, sympathetic to the abolition movement were the first in Windsor to organize Emancipation Celebrations, individuals such as Walter Perry (later known as Mr. Emancipation) and his successor Ted Powell became synonymous with the celebration.
Along with colorful parades, concerts, talent shows, pageants, family reunion picnics and community barbecues.
The celebration drew the likes of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. George Washington Carver, Jesse Owens, Joe Louis, Eleanor Roosevelt and many other world renowned dignitaries annually to appear as guest speakers or simply to join the revelry.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 2nd from left
and Emancipation Committee members
Windsor Ontario
and Emancipation Committee members
Windsor Ontario
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