Emancipation Day officially introduced as a Holiday in Jamaica in 1893.

Emancipation Day was officially introduced as a public holiday in Jamaica in 1893. It was replaced by Independence Day, then observed 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, Independence Day declared to be on August 6.

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