Mar 222024
 
Puerto Rico

Flag of Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico celebrates Emancipation Day. Slavery was ended on this date in 1873.  Puerto Rico at that time belonged to Spain, and the Spanish National Assembly voted to abolish slavery.

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