This is part of the Middle Passage Law Series and is cross posted on Commercial Law International.
Why am I wearing all black today?
Am I in mourning? No, not exactly. Then why?
Well it is August 1: Emancipation Day.
I am wearing black today not to so much mourn but to remember. To remember that it was today 175 years ago that the British set my ancestors free - well in a manner, they still had six years of apprenticeship to look forward to. Why? Because being
free people made them...
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