It’s Not Abe Lincoln’s 1862 Emancipation Proclamation — It’s Our 2010 Emancipation Proclamation!

Sunday, July 4, 2010, 2:15 PM, at 6th & Market in Philadelphia

Brothers and Sisters,

President George Washington enslaved 316 of our ancestors in Virginia and transported nine of them to Philadelphia at America's first "White House," which was at the site of the new Liberty Bell Center at Sixth and Market.

Unfortunately, not one of those nine (or any of the others) was ever freed by President Washington during his lifetime.

Therefore, Avenging The Ancestors Coalition (ATAC) will hold a formal "Emancipation Proclamation 2010" ceremony on July 4th at 2:15 p.m. at Sixth and Market to free our enslaved ancestors.

In addition, during that ceremony, ATAC will present a dramatic public reading of the powerful 1852 speech by Frederick Douglass entitled "The Meaning Of The Fourth Of July For The Negro."

Please spread the word.

Read the 2010 Emancipation Proclamation