Bahamas Emancipation Day

First Monday in AugustThe English settled in the Bahamas during the mid-17th century and brought African slaves with them to work in the cotton fields. Slavery was formally abolished in the British Empire by the Abolition Act of 1833, but it wasn't until 1838 that the slaves in the Bahamas were freed.
Emancipation Day in the Bahamas is observed on the first Monday in August. Businesses are closed, and a regatta is held at Black Point, near Staniel Cay, in the Exuma island group.
See also Fox Hill Festival
CONTACTS:
Bahamas Tourism Office
60 E. 42nd St., Ste. 1850
New York, NY 10165
212-758-2777; fax: 212-753-6531
www.bahamas.com
SOURCES:
AnnivHol-2000, p. 145

单词	bahamas emancipation day
释义	Bahamas Emancipation Day Bahamas Emancipation Day First Monday in AugustThe English settled in the Bahamas during the mid-17th century and brought African slaves with them to work in the cotton fields. Slavery was formally abolished in the British Empire by the Abolition Act of 1833, but it wasn't until 1838 that the slaves in the Bahamas were freed. Emancipation Day in the Bahamas is observed on the first Monday in August. Businesses are closed, and a regatta is held at Black Point, near Staniel Cay, in the Exuma island group. See also Fox Hill Festival CONTACTS: Bahamas Tourism Office 60 E. 42nd St., Ste. 1850 New York, NY 10165 212-758-2777; fax: 212-753-6531 www.bahamas.com SOURCES: AnnivHol-2000, p. 145
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