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Emancipation Day
روز رهایی بردگان (امنسیپیشن دی)
When: every year on 1 August (Gregorian).
Next date: Sunday 10 Mordad 1406 (1 August 2027)
The day recalls 1 August 1834, when the Slavery Abolition Act took effect across the British Empire; it is a public holiday in countries such as Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago.