Emancipation Proclamation Day Virtual Service To Be Held

The Black Ministerial Alliance of New Britain and the NAACP New Britain Branch are hosting the 2021 New Britain Emancipation Proclamation Day Service online on New Year’s Day.

The Emancipation Proclamation Virtual Service, in celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation, will be held on January 1, 2022 at 2:00pm. The theme for the event is, “Unity in the Face of Diversity”.

The event is to be held on the Zoom platform of Spottswood A.M.E. Zion Church at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83986387864.

The meeting ID is 839 8638 7864 and the dial in number is 1-929-436-2866

The New Britain Black Ministerial Alliance honoree for the event is Pastor Dana Smith of New Life II Ministries.

The Emancipation Proclamation, which took effect on January 1, 1863, freed millions of the people who had been held in slavery in states rebelling against the United States during the Civil War. Slavery was later abolished nationwide on December 6, 1865 by the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution.

According to the National Archives,

After January 1, 1863, every advance of federal troops expanded the domain of freedom. Moreover, the Proclamation announced the acceptance of black men into the Union Army and Navy, enabling the liberated to become liberators. By the end of the war, almost 200,000 black soldiers and sailors had fought for the Union and freedom.

Organizers for the upcoming event call people to the service with the words of Ephesians 4:3–Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in bond of peace.