Aug 2013
in the bright morning under the free sun
all are now equal each of us may stand
glad in the knowledge that the lash is done
the times are over when we had to run
justice has entered where it once was banned
in the the bright morning under the free sun
a different type of journey has begun
when no one has the right of sole command
glad in the knowledge that the lash is done
we look around and see that we have won
so very much that all our words seem bland
in the bright morning under the free sun
what will become of us is known to none
but t we are ready and we understand
gland in the knowledge that the lash is done
and we have reached the point where everyone
must pause to sing then claim as theirs the land
in the bright morning under the free sun
glad in the knowledge that the lash is done
all are now equal each of us may stand
glad in the knowledge that the lash is done
the times are over when we had to run
justice has entered where it once was banned
in the the bright morning under the free sun
a different type of journey has begun
when no one has the right of sole command
glad in the knowledge that the lash is done
we look around and see that we have won
so very much that all our words seem bland
in the bright morning under the free sun
what will become of us is known to none
but t we are ready and we understand
gland in the knowledge that the lash is done
and we have reached the point where everyone
must pause to sing then claim as theirs the land
in the bright morning under the free sun
glad in the knowledge that the lash is done
All and every the Persons who on the said first Day of August One thousand eight hundred and thirty-four shall be holden in Slavery within any such British Colony as aforesaid shall upon and from and after the said first Day of August One thousand eight hundred and thirty-four become and be to all Intents and Purposes free and discharged of and from all Manner of Slavery, and shall be absolutely and for ever manumitted; and that the Children thereafter to be born to any such Persons, and the Offpring of such Children shall in like Manner be free from their Birth; and that from, and after the said first Day of August One thousand eight hundred and thirty-four Slavery shall be and is hereby utterly and for ever abolished and declared unlawful throughout the British Colonies, Plantations, and Possessions Abroad.
