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Today is Emancipation Day

Contributor — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:08:21 +0000

On August 1st (Emancipation Day) last year to commemorate the Abolition of Slave Trade Bi-Centenary celebrations we carried a young black oak tree from Rothley Court Hotel to Nelson Mandela Park on our first Emancipation Walk. At the end of the walk we planted the tree in Mandela Park and named it the ‘Freedom Tree’. Last year’s theme was ‘Setting New Roots’.

Today, Black Future Group members will be taking the challenge and walking the ‘Walk of Honour’ for the second year running. This year’s theme is ‘Raising the Standard’, and Black Future will start to roll out The Emancipation Project by raising a flag displaying our new Emancipation logo.

Emancipation Walk ‘08 Schedule

We will be carrying the flag for the duration of the walk to encourage walkers and to raise public awareness of the project. The main objective of today’s Emancipation Walk is to layout a wheelchair friendly route and to identify suitable places to plant memorial trees along the way. This will mark the official route.

Emancipation Walk ‘08 - More Info

Black Future will also be continuing our Emancipation Day public holiday petition which will be officially petitioned directly to 10 Downing Street as of September 1st 2008. Please print off the Petition below and get your friends and colleagues to join you in signing this important document.

Emancipation Day Petition

To join the walk, sponsor or make a donation towards the project, find out more about the petition, or to participate in other ways - Call: 0870 7 202 968 or Email: info@blackfuture.org.uk

Your support is much appreciated

Website: www.blackfuture.org.uk

1st Annual ‘EMANCIPATION WALK’ - 2007

Contributor — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:16:49 +0000

BLACK FUTURE GROUP’S 1st Annual ‘EMANCIPATION WALK’ Wednesday 1st August 2007 (Emancipation of Slavery Day) - To commemorate the Emancipation of Slavery Act (173rd anniversary).

Brief Details of Sponsored Walk:

Emancipation Walk is set to begin at the historical Rothley Court (Hotel), in the rural village of Rothley, Leicestershire (East Midlands, UK).

In case you don’t know, this is where the much talked about William Wilberforce, and the then landlord Thomas Babington actually prepared alot of the evidence for the case that led to the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act!

This 7 mile walk will end at Nelson Mandela park, in the heart of the urban city of Leicester, also in Leicestershire.

Click here: Black Information Link website

Emancipation Day 1st August

Contributor — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:07:53 +0000

Emancipation Day is widely observed throughout the world during the first week of August. The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ended slavery in the British Empire on August 1, 1834. In many countries, the Emancipation Day celebration is a part of carnivals which take place during this time.

On 1st August 2007, the Black Future Group organised an Emancipation Walk from Rothley Court to Nelson Mandela Park, in the heart of Leicester. A great many people completed the seven mile journey, which ended with the planting of the Black Future Tree next to the plaque honouring Nelson Mandela.

On 1st August this year the walk will once again take place and everyone is invited to join the Black Future Group in this celebration of Emancipation for all.