August 1st is Emancipation Day in:
• Belize
• Guyana
• Jamaica
• St. Lucia
• Grenada
• Bermuda
• Barbados
• The Bahamas
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Turks and Caicos Islands
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Today, we commemorate the emancipation of enslaved Africans and people of African descent in the former British colonies.