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Emancipation Day
Date: 08.04.2008
Location The Bahamas

August 4th - Emancipation Day/August Monday (First Monday in August)

This holiday is also known as August Monday and is celebrated on the first Monday in August. The holiday celebrates the emancipation of slavery in the British Colonies in 1834. The holiday is celebrated with a Junkanoo Rush- out, a day of beaching, sailing, and regattas in the Out Islands.


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