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Feb. 1 marks National Freedom Day, observing the end of slavery
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller's sculpture at Harriet Tubman Square in Boston (Photo by Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Black History Month will commence on Feb. 1 with National Freedom Day, a day of observance that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.The day marks the signing of a resolution between former President Abraham Lincoln and Congress that became the 13th Amendment, outlawing slavery.