Photo Essay-Jubilee

Vintage photos of Freedom Day celebrations around the United States of America. Everyone is dressed in their best threads.

Photo Courtesy of Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Courtesy of Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Photograph by Richard Aloysius Twine, courtesy of the St. Augustine Historical Society and the Florida Photographic Collection

Photo Courtesy of NYPL, from Harper's Weekly, by J.M.D.

Photo Courtesy of State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory

Courtesy of State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory

Courtesy of Harris & Ewing Collection/Library of Congress

Emancipation Day Parade, Richmond, Va

Courtesy of Maryland State Archives