Canada commemorates Emancipation Day (Aug. 1, 1834) officially for the 1st time

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Monument of Samuel Sharpe and followers in Montego Bay, Jamaica

One of the other consequences of the "Baptist War"was that the week after Sharpe was killed...legislators in England began drawing up law to abolish slavery in british territory.

passed the next year

Baptist War was one of the most important events in history.

@DaRealness

 

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Videos offer Black perspective on slavery leading up to Emancipation Day


Published Monday, July 5, 2021 11:01PM ADT Last Updated Monday, July 5, 2021 11:02PM ADT





Slavery was abolished in the British Commonwealth and Empire -- including Canada – in 1834 and for the first time on Aug. 1st, the Canadian government will recognize Emancipation Day nationwide.

In the days leading up to it, a YouTube campaign draws on the amazing stories of Black history, as told by some prominent African Canadians.

On Aug. 1st, 1834 the Slavery Abolition Act came into effect and freed about 800,000 people from enslavement in British colonies, says author Lindsay Ruck.

"The history books have been written by the ancestors of colonists," Ruck said. "What we're taught and read and hear is very selective. It's nowhere near a history that reflects everyone, but until we acknowledge it we'll never be able to fully live in a Canada that represents everyone who lives in it."

She says it's important to have these conversations, even if an apology has been made.

"An apology is not an eraser," Ruck said. "More needs to be done, especially for future generations. If you don't know where you're from you can't move forward as a country together."

The Delmore Buddy Daye Learning Institute has prepared some educational videos for people to watch leading up to Emancipation Day.

The videos will include storytellers like Sen. Wanda Thomas Bernard, Pastor Rhonda Britton, singer Keonte Beals, and Lataevia Beezer of CTV Atlantic.

"I hope they find each video interesting, maybe be inspired by some of these stories and maybe get them thinking about what they want to do to recognize Emancipation Day," Ruck says

 

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Emancipation Day being marked at Uncle Tom’s Cabin



Jul 22, 2021

In the first year since the Canadian government designated Aug. 1 as Emancipation Day, the site manager of a museum commemorating a former enslaved person has said he hopes more people will take notice.


Steven Cook with Uncle Tom’s Cabin Historic Site in Dresden said the passing of the legislation by MPs earlier this year was meant to “recognize the African-Canadian story in Canadian culture.

“I hope that now that that has been designated that it’s going to translate into lessons that are taught in the school systems and just in the family,” he said. “We can’t always depend on the education system to teach everything.”

Emancipation Day commemorates Aug. 1, 1834, when the Slavery Abolition Act came into effect, freeing over 800,000 Africans and their descendants across the British Empire.

The passing of the act also ensured Canada as a free territory for enslaved people from the United States. Earlier legislation from 1793 also made importing slaves illegal.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin, named after the Harriet Beecher Stowe novel, is located at the Dawn Settlement, founded by Josiah Henson after he escaped to Canada from slavery in Kentucky in 1830. Henson later served as the inspiration for the titular character in Stowe’s book.

The Dawn Settlement became a community for Black Canadians. It featured a school where students could learn trades while also spending time in the classroom. Henson also became a leader with the Underground Railroad, helping to bring enslaved people from the U.S. to Canada.

Cook said staff at the historic site, which is operated by Ontario Heritage Trust, see Emancipation Day as an opportunity to recognize Black Canadian culture and history.



“Still today we come through the education system not knowing about a lot of these achievements that were done by people of African-Canadian heritage,” he said. “We really want to give them a voice and give them their proper due and let people learn from history.”

As with last year, events held by Uncle Tom’s Cabin will be held virtually at www.uncletomscabin.org.


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[Henri Christophe]

Samuel Sharpe and followers in Montego Bay, Jamaica

I swear to God.... The 19th-century black man was something special.

No negotiations, no marching, no dancing.

It was just WAR.

From the Zulu & Xhosa in South Africa, to the Dahomey in West Africa and Haiti, to the Black American rebellions & the Jamaican rebellions.

The 19th century black man was raising HELL.

Wow.

 

[Monsanto]

Don't hold your breath on us getting added to textbooks over here. I've definitely had some conversations with people that organize the curriculum and it isn't a priority for a minority struggling group.

 

[hatealot]

Don't hold your breath on us getting added to textbooks over here. I've definitely had some conversations with people that organize the curriculum and it isn't a priority for a minority struggling group.

Is the public education system similar to ours in America?

 

[Givethanks]

Say honest

 

[Monsanto]

Is the public education system similar to ours in America?

If you mean black people only appearing on two pages in the history book and being represented as bush men in sociology texts, then yeah. Disparity of 28% of us being in special education programs (in Toronto) graduation rates, reading rates and math scores below the average, then yeah, it is like the states in that regard.

 

[Henri Christophe]

appearing on two pages in the history book and being represented as bush men

 

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[Secure Da Bag]

If you mean black people only appearing on two pages in the history book and being represented as bush men in sociology texts, then yeah. Disparity of 28% of us being in special education programs (in Toronto) graduation rates, reading rates and math scores below the average, then yeah, it is like the states in that regard.

 

[Northern Son]

Disparity of 28% of us being in special education programs (in Toronto) graduation rates, reading rates and math scores below the average, then yeah, it is like the states in that regard.

Serious question, why is that? Why are blacks people struggling with public education in Toronto?

 

[Monsanto]

Serious question, why is that? Why are blacks people struggling with public education in Toronto?

We're actually told not to pursue higher levels of education and to take applied courses rather than academic. Over here we have the special education program, applied, academic and IB program. The applied program is not that different from the special education program in terms of goals.

Universities actually require academic courses for admissions and with a 75% - 80% minimum grade in those math and English classes.

Guidance counselors will tell black youth, the person that is supposed to listen to them when they feel abandoned in the school, I think you should stray away from academics and settle for less work. See academic streaming, a practice ended in 1999, but continued by teachers today.

We're interrogated if we do well and ignored if we are doing poorly. Black students don't know why they should be at school. They don't have a connection to the curriculum and the teachers expect nothing out of us.

Can't forget the most devious group among them, white women. I'm not even going to get started on this but they've destroyed many talented brothers and sisters while I was in high school.

Black people are 11% of the student population and take up 48% of the expulsions.

Then you look at this

 

[Northern Son]

We're actually told not to pursue higher levels of education and to take applied courses rather than academic. Over here we have the special education program, applied, academic and IB program. The applied program is not that different from the special education program in terms of goals.

Universities actually require academic courses for admissions and with a 75% - 80% minimum grade in those math and English classes.

Guidance counselors will tell black youth, the person that is supposed to listen to them when they feel abandoned in the school, I think you should stray away from academics and settle for less work. See academic streaming, a practice ended in 1999, but continued by teachers today.

We're interrogated if we do well and ignored if we are doing poorly. Black students don't know why they should be at school. They don't have a connection to the curriculum and the teachers expect nothing out of us.

Can't forget the most devious group among them, white women. I'm not even going to get started on this but they've destroyed many talented brothers and sisters while I was in high school.

Black people are 11% of the student population and take up 48% of the expulsions.

Then you look at this

Wow. That is pretty disgusting. What are black leaders in the Toronto area doing about this?

 

[Tom Foolery]

We're actually told not to pursue higher levels of education and to take applied courses rather than academic. Over here we have the special education program, applied, academic and IB program. The applied program is not that different from the special education program in terms of goals.

Universities actually require academic courses for admissions and with a 75% - 80% minimum grade in those math and English classes.

Guidance counselors will tell black youth, the person that is supposed to listen to them when they feel abandoned in the school, I think you should stray away from academics and settle for less work. See academic streaming, a practice ended in 1999, but continued by teachers today.

We're interrogated if we do well and ignored if we are doing poorly. Black students don't know why they should be at school. They don't have a connection to the curriculum and the teachers expect nothing out of us.

Can't forget the most devious group among them, white women. I'm not even going to get started on this but they've destroyed many talented brothers and sisters while I was in high school.

Black people are 11% of the student population and take up 48% of the expulsions.

Then you look at this

nikka you know damn well it's because these black kids don't try and have no positive influences at home.

The black kids that applied themselves didn't have this issue.