Emancipation Garden

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Top 2% of attractions in U.S. Virgin Islands
7 / 10

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“Emancipation Garden is where the emancipation proclamation was read after slaves were freed on St Croix in 1848.”

– Lonely Planet

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"A bronze bust of a freed slave blowing a conch shell commemorates slavery's end in 1848—the garden was built to mark emancipation's 150th anniversary in 1998." Full review