Emancipation Day Weekend 2025

  • Aug 1 2025, 10:00am Aug 3 2025, 5:00pm

On August 1, 1834, slavery was abolished in British North America and other British colonies, freeing enslaved people in Canada. On August 1-3, Kings Landing will mark Emancipation Day and focus on the Gordon House and Black history in New Brunswick in partnership with the New Brunswick Black History Society and historian Jennifer Dow.


Underground Railroad songs: Friday at 3pm
NB Black History Society Exhibit and engagement: Throughout Saturday & Sunday
Freedom’s Horizon - Emancipation and the Evolving Fight for Freedom presentation by Jennifer Dow: Sunday at 1:30pm
Visit Kings Landing daily from 10am to 5pm.

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