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Emancipation Day is being recognized tomorrow for the third time in Canada. It's the day when the British Empire ended slavery in its colonies in 1834. That was nearly 200 years ago, and its effects are still reverberating throughout the world. Russell Grosse, executive director of the Black Cultural Centre, tells us about events in Halifax that will celebrate the hard fought freedom.
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Emancipation Day is being recognized tomorrow for the third time in Canada. It's the day when the British Empire ended slavery in its colonies in 1834. That was nearly 200 years ago, and its effects are still reverberating throughout the world. Russell Grosse, executive director of the Black Cultural Centre, tells us about events in Halifax that will celebrate the hard fought freedom.

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