When Is Emancipation Day In 2024. Emancipation day was previously observed in the cayman islands before being replaced with the constitution day holiday by the legislative assembly in the 1960’s. Emancipation day is observed on april 16 every year.

Honouring 90+ years since the first emancipation day celebration, the emancipation jubilee commemorates the emancipation proclamation of august 1, 1834, that ended slavery. (read charles blow’s britannica essay on the.