Emancipation Day or Día de la Abolición de la Esclavitud
Emancipation Day or Día de la Abolición de la Esclavitud is held on March 22. Puerto Rico. This event in the third decade of the month March is annual. 
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The emancipation of slaves is usually commemorated as a holiday in many countries, and Puerto Rico is no exception. With the Spanish National Assembly declaring on March 22nd, 1873, that slavery was to be abolished on the island, many rejoiced at the concept of this newfound freedom.
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Abolition of Slavery Day in Mauritius on February 1
Serfs Emancipation Day in Tibet on March 28 (Day of the liberation of Tibetans from serfdom in China, Tibet);
World Day Against Child Slavery on April 16
The day of the abolition of slavery in France on May 10 (Abolition de l'esclavage mark according to the law of May 21, 2001);
Pretos Veljos Festival in Brazil on May 13 (or Preto Velho, anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the country);
Florida Emancipation Day on May 20
Afro-Colombian Day in Colombia on May 21