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Canada marks Emancipation Day

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Today is Emancipation Day, marking the day the British government abolished slavery in 1834.

It also acknowledges the tragedies of the transatlantic slave trade in which millions of African-descended peoples were enslaved or lost their lives.

Manesa Dhanabalan has more on the events taking place today.

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