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Emancipation

  • Date November 26, 2020
Grade 5: Social Studies (2020 – 2021) Emancipation

Grade: 5
Subject: Social Studies
Date: October 2020
Topic: Emancipation
 

The word Emancipation means the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or
 political restrictions; liberation; In essence it mean to be freed.
Atlantic Emancipation Celebrations | Slavery and Remembrance
Enslaved people constantly rebelled against slavery and fought for their emancipation.
The most effective slave revolts occurred during the 18th and 19th centuries, which
 included the:
1.Tacky’s rebellion in 1760s Jamaica,
2. the Haitian Revolution (1789)
 3. Fedon’s 1790s revolution in Grenada,
4. the 1816 Barbados slave revolt led by Bussa, 
5. and the major 1831 slave revolt in Jamaica led by Sam Sharpe.
Even influential people in Britain began to use their voice to, highlighting the poor conditions
 of enslaved people. 
As  the slavery abolition movement was growing, so was the opposition by those with financial
 interests in the Caribbean.
August 1, 1834 marked a special day for Africans in British colonies as it was the day they
 received freedom from slavery.
 In Jamaica, the Emancipation Declaration was read from the steps of the Old Kings House in 
Spanish Town, St Catherine, the country’s capital back then.
Although, the enslaved did not receive full freedom until four years later, as all slaves over
 six years old were subjected to a mandatory six-year period of apprenticeship.
 The ex-slaves would work – without pay – for their former masters for three-quarters of the
 week (40 hours), in exchange for lodging, food, clothing, medical attendance and grounds 
on which they could grow their own provisions.
Emancipation Day was officially announced as a public holiday in Jamaica in 1893. 
The ‘First of August’ celebrations, however, were discontinued in 1962, when Jamaica
 gained independence.
 It was replaced by Independence Day, which back then was  celebrated on the first
 Monday in August.
 Emancipation Day was re-instituted in 1997 by then Prime Minister PJ Patterson as a 
national holiday celebrated on August 1 and Independence Day was also set at August 6.
Emancipendence Jubilee! Events Calendar —diG Jamaica
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Amerindians
Colonization (Europeans)
The Coming of the Europeans (The British and Spanish)
Why were slaves in the Caribbean and where did they come from?
The Triangular Trade
Slavery
Plantations
The arrival of the Ethic groups in the Caribbean
Emancipation
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CARIBBEAN TRADE
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Caricom Copy
CARIBBEAN LEADERS
Caribbean Nation Builders Copy
CARIBBEAN DISASTERS
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LINES OF LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE
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