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#8089680
18 April 2022
A headstone and toys mark a child's grave at an event on Emancipation Day at Mount Zion and Female Union Band Society cemetery. These two cemeteries are the oldest burial grounds for African-Americans in Washington, and form a single park in Georgetown. Emancipation Day commemorates the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia on April 16, 1862, and the resulting emancipation of more than 3000 people on this day.
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16 April 2022
Nana Mayala performs a Cameroonian libation ritual for ancestors during an event on Emancipation Day. This day commemorates the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia on April 16, 1862, and the resulting emancipation of more than 3000 people on this day.
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#8083398
16 April 2022
A list of names of people freed on April 16, 1862 lies with an American flag at the foot of a grave marker at an event on Emancipation Day. This day commemorates the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia on April 16, 1862, and the resulting emancipation of more than 3000 people on this day. Attendees read some of those names together for the event.
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#8083396
16 April 2022
People attend an event at Mount Zion and Female Union Band Cemeteries on Emancipation Day. This day commemorates the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia on April 16, 1862, and the resulting emancipation of more than 3000 people on this day. The two cemeteries are the oldest African-American burial grounds in the District, and the site of thousands of graves.
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#8083394
16 April 2022
Nana Mayala speaks at a Cameroonian libation ritual for ancestors during an event on Emancipation Day. This day commemorates the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia on April 16, 1862, and the resulting emancipation of more than 3000 people on this day.
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#8082228
16 April 2022
Nana Mayala performs a Cameroonian libation ritual for ancestors during an event on Emancipation Day. This day commemorates the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia on April 16, 1862, and the resulting emancipation of more than 3000 people on this day.
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#8082226
16 April 2022
People participate in reading of the names of slaves freed on April 16, 1862 at an event on Emancipation Day. This day commemorates the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia and the resulting emancipation of more than 3000 people on this day.
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#8082224
16 April 2022
A woman reads from a list of the names of slaves freed on April 16, 1862 at an event on Emancipation Day. This day commemorates the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia and the resulting emancipation of more than 3000 people on this day.
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#8082222
16 April 2022
Rev. Lennox Yearwood, president and CEO of civil rights organization the Hip-Hop Caucus, speaks at an event on Emancipation Day. This day commemorates the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia on April 16, 1862, and the resulting emancipation of more than 3000 people on this day.
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