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Juneteenth 2016: Facts on June 19 holiday celebrating abolition of slavery, African-America history

Juneteenth, a day traditionally set aside to commemorate the abolition of slavery, will be celebrated June 19. Also known as Juneteenth Independence Day, Freedom Day or African American Independence Day, celebrations include parades, street fairs and readings of the Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.

 

[Mr. H.]

Nobody cares.

 

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Happy Juneteenth!!!

 

[hjmick]

Started in Texas if I remember correctly...

As I recall my Texas history lessons it was on June 19, 1865 Union soldiers landed in Galveston with the news that the war was over and the slaves were free. It was the first time there were enough Union soldiers to overcome the resistance in the state to the Emancipation proclamation and the end of the war. There are some theories as to why it took so long... There's a story of a messenger who was murdered on his way to Texas with the news of freedom, some think the news was deliberately withheld by the slave owners to maintain the labor force on the plantations, another theory is that federal troops actually waited for the slave owners to reap the benefits of one last cotton harvest. No one knows if any of these are true.

It is an official state holiday in Texas.

 

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Started in Texas if I remember correctly...

As I recall my Texas history lessons it was on June 19, 1865 Union soldiers landed in Galveston with the news that the war was over and the slaves were free. It was the first time there were enough Union soldiers to overcome the resistance in the state to the Emancipation proclamation and the end of the war. There are some theories as to why it took so long... There's a story of a messenger who was murdered on his way to Texas with the news of freedom, some think the news was deliberately withheld by the slave owners to maintain the labor force on the plantations, another theory is that federal troops actually waited for the slave owners to reap the benefits of one last cotton harvest. No one knows if any of these are true.

It is an official state holiday in Texas.

thanks for the info

 

[JakeStarkey]

Nobody cares.

Only the losers don't care. It's good you are to self identify now. That's a step forward for you.

 

[hjmick]

Started in Texas if I remember correctly...

As I recall my Texas history lessons it was on June 19, 1865 Union soldiers landed in Galveston with the news that the war was over and the slaves were free. It was the first time there were enough Union soldiers to overcome the resistance in the state to the Emancipation proclamation and the end of the war. There are some theories as to why it took so long... There's a story of a messenger who was murdered on his way to Texas with the news of freedom, some think the news was deliberately withheld by the slave owners to maintain the labor force on the plantations, another theory is that federal troops actually waited for the slave owners to reap the benefits of one last cotton harvest. No one knows if any of these are true.

It is an official state holiday in Texas.

thanks for the info

The pleasure is mine. For whatever reason, Juneteenth has always fascinated me...

 

[JakeStarkey]

Juneteenth celebrates the (1) end of slavery and (2) the craven surrenders of Lee and Johnston and Magruder.

 

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almost 100 views

 

[hjmick]

almost 100 views

And you and I are being civil to one another. Go figure.