Happy Juneteenth

[kowalskil]

Juneteenth 2012: When Did Slavery Really End?


Though President Abraham Lincoln ended slavery with the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, slaves in Texas had no knowledge of their freedom until two and a half years later. On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston and declared the end of the Civil War, with General Granger reading aloud a special decree that ordered the freeing of some 200,000 slaves in the state.

Because of the delay, many African Americans started a tradition of celebrating the actual day slavery ended on June 19 (also known as Juneteenth). But for some, their cheers were short-lived. Thanks to the South's lucrative prison labor system and a deceptive practice called debt peonage, a kind of neo-slavery continued for some blacks long into the 1940s. The question then arises: When did African Americans really claim their freedom?

If it was up to me I would use the June 19 date. What is wrong with this?

Ludwik Kowalski

 

[Unkotare]

Again, Lincoln did not "end slavery."

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Juneteenth 2012: When Did Slavery Really End?


Though President Abraham Lincoln ended slavery with the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, slaves in Texas had no knowledge of their freedom until two and a half years later. On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston and declared the end of the Civil War, with General Granger reading aloud a special decree that ordered the freeing of some 200,000 slaves in the state.

Because of the delay, many African Americans started a tradition of celebrating the actual day slavery ended on June 19 (also known as Juneteenth). But for some, their cheers were short-lived. Thanks to the South's lucrative prison labor system and a deceptive practice called debt peonage, a kind of neo-slavery continued for some blacks long into the 1940s. The question then arises: When did African Americans really claim their freedom?

First mention on Juneteenth on USMB!

 

[L.K.Eder]

Juneteenth 2012: When Did Slavery Really End?


Though President Abraham Lincoln ended slavery with the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, slaves in Texas had no knowledge of their freedom until two and a half years later. On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston and declared the end of the Civil War, with General Granger reading aloud a special decree that ordered the freeing of some 200,000 slaves in the state.

Because of the delay, many African Americans started a tradition of celebrating the actual day slavery ended on June 19 (also known as Juneteenth). But for some, their cheers were short-lived. Thanks to the South's lucrative prison labor system and a deceptive practice called debt peonage, a kind of neo-slavery continued for some blacks long into the 1940s. The question then arises: When did African Americans really claim their freedom?

First mention on Juneteenth on USMB!

Republicans celebrate... the End Of Slavery!!

Republicans celebrate Juneteenth, the end of Slavery June 19th, 2006 Just a reminder of the facts!! http://www.americanthinker.com/articles.php?article_id=5594 To this day, Republicans owe their sometimes muddled message and inability to campaign effectively against the Democratic Party to...

www.usmessageboard.com

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Juneteenth 2012: When Did Slavery Really End?


Though President Abraham Lincoln ended slavery with the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, slaves in Texas had no knowledge of their freedom until two and a half years later. On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston and declared the end of the Civil War, with General Granger reading aloud a special decree that ordered the freeing of some 200,000 slaves in the state.

Because of the delay, many African Americans started a tradition of celebrating the actual day slavery ended on June 19 (also known as Juneteenth). But for some, their cheers were short-lived. Thanks to the South's lucrative prison labor system and a deceptive practice called debt peonage, a kind of neo-slavery continued for some blacks long into the 1940s. The question then arises: When did African Americans really claim their freedom?

First mention on Juneteenth on USMB!

Republicans celebrate... the End Of Slavery!!

Republicans celebrate Juneteenth, the end of Slavery June 19th, 2006 Just a reminder of the facts!! http://www.americanthinker.com/articles.php?article_id=5594 To this day, Republicans owe their sometimes muddled message and inability to campaign effectively against the Democratic Party to...

www.usmessageboard.com

Good find!

 

[Alan Stallion]

Wearing my Juneteenth t-shirt today...

Let freedom reign!

Since our galleries are deleted, here's a re-post of me in my Juneteenth shirt from 2012. I've had it since around 1987. Still fits well.