Short Stuff: Watch Night

Stuff You Should Know

01-01-2025 • 8 mins

Watch Night has been observed on New Year’s Eve by African-American Methodists in the US since 1862, to mark the passage of the Emancipation Act. But this religious holiday goes back even farther in history, with even more layers of meaning.

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