Emancipation Oak

Emancipation Oak

About

The Emancipation Oak was the site of the first public Southern reading of President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. With limbs sprawling over a hundred feet in diameter, the Emancipation Oak is designated one of the 10 Great Trees of the World by the National Geographic Society.

Details

City of Hampton
Historic Site
100 E Queen St
Hampton, VA 23669

 

In the Area

Aberdeen Gardens Museum and Historic Markers
55 and 57 N. Mary Peake Blvd
Hampton
Hampton University Museum
200 William R. Harvey Way
Hampton