159 years of freedom

Hailey Heseltine news@greenepublishing.com This Monday, May 20, marks the 159th Emancipation Day in Florida.  National Emancipation Day is celebrated on April 16 because it marks the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s signing of the Compensated Emancipation Act into law on April 16, 1862, thereby finally granting legal freedom to enslaved people in the District of Colombia. This was widely recognized as one of the most important first steps that led to the nationwide abolishment of sla