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“August First Day” became the most important annual celebration of emancipation among people of African descent in the northern US, the British Caribbean, Canada West, and the UK and played a critical role in popular mobilization against American slavery. J.R. Kerr-Ritchie provides the first detailed analysis of this important commemoration.

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      Publisher: LSU Press
      Publication Date: 12/30/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780807143643, 978-0807143643
      ISBN10: 0807143642

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      Book Synopsis
      “August First Day” became the most important annual celebration of emancipation among people of African descent in the northern US, the British Caribbean, Canada West, and the UK and played a critical role in popular mobilization against American slavery. J.R. Kerr-Ritchie provides the first detailed analysis of this important commemoration.

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