USVI Prepares To Commemorate 175th Anniversary As “Birthplace Of Emancipation In The USA”
U.S. Virgin Islands (June 22, 2023) – The U.S. Virgin Islands is closing in on the historic commemoration of its 175th Emancipation Day, which marks the abolition of slavery in the former Danish West Indies some 17 years prior to the “Juneteenth” declaration of freedom in 1865 on the mainland. Honoring the U.S. Virgin Islands as the “birthplace of emancipation […More]