Today, we spoke with Natasha Henry about her recently published book on Emancipation Day. Natasha Henry read excerpts from her book and talked about the historic roots of Emancipation Day as well as the socio-cultural impacts of Emancipation.
She discussed the role of women in Emancipation day celebrations; such as Chloe Cooley who resisted her enslavement and sale on March 14, 1793 (in Queenston, Upper Canada) and Marie Joseph Angelique who in resisting her enslavement and sale was accused of burning half of Montreal in 1734.
We finally talked about the recent developments within Caribana (the largest Caribbean festival in North America) and the conspicuous absence of a discourse that links it to Emancipation Day.
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