The 20th of May: The History and Heritage of Florida’s Emancipation Day Digital History Project is an online portal documenting nearly 160 years of the history and culture celebrating the 20th of May, Florida’s Emancipation Day.
The 20th of May, Florida’s historic emancipation celebration, has been observed in many Florida communities with the majority of the state’s Black population since 1865. In fact, in St. Augustine and Key West, because of the presence of the U.S. Army during the U.S. Civil War, Black people celebrated emancipation as early as 1863…Read More
ABOUT THIS PROJECT
The goal of the The 20th of May: The History and Heritage of Florida’s Emancipation Day Digital History Project is to create a content-rich, engaging website documenting nearly 160 years of the history and culture stemming from the celebration of the 20th of May, Florida’s Emancipation Day, holiday, while also documenting the unfolding of emancipation in Florida in the aftermath of the US Civil War. This project seeks to provide authoritative and easily accessible documentation and interpretation of the 20th of May holiday celebrations in Florida.
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Funding for this program was provided through a grant from Florida Humanities with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.