Post #2334799

2023-06-19 15:03 UTC

On “Freedom’s Eve,” Dec 1, 1863, the 1st Watch Night services took place as Americans waited news of the Emancipation Proclamation. At 12 AM, unrestrained joy erupted—3.5 million enslaved souls were “thenceforward, and forever free!&quot; Union soldiers rushed to spread news, but not all gained freedom. It took 2.5 years—June 19, 1865—JUNETEENTH—-for over 250,000 Black Americans still held in bondage in TX to taste freedom. 1/16 #Juneteenth @blackmastodon@a.gup.pe @BlackMastodon@chirp.social #BlackMastodon  #History

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@Deglassco@mastodon.social 2023-06-19 15:07

Following Antietam, Lincoln spent much of 1862 writing the Emancipation Proclamation, being lobbied by Black leaders to include military service by Black men, & to expand its scope. While the Proclamation did not promise freedom to all enslaved people, it did provide a plan to free the enslaved people in the occupied territories of the South and to begin enlisting black men to fight in the Civil War. 2/16 #BlackHistory  #BlackMastodon  #histodons #History #CivilWar #histodons #Juneteenth

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@Deglassco@mastodon.social 2023-06-20 15:02

@Shavout44@mastodon.social that’s the goal. We are all learning.

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@CWilbur@sfba.social 2023-06-19 16:42

@Deglassco@mastodon.social @blackmastodon@a.gup.pe @BlackMastodon@chirp.social Wonderful writeup! #juneteenth Puts the current move by the state of Texas to subvert and suppress Houston voters in an interesting light. Voter suppression is racism.

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@humansriseup@ioc.exchange 2023-06-19 18:54

@Deglassco@mastodon.social @blackmastodon@a.gup.pe @BlackMastodon@chirp.social And a handicap dude on wheels? Bringing it all back!

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@OWOP@mastodon.world 2023-06-19 19:10

@Deglassco@mastodon.social @blackmastodon@a.gup.pe @BlackMastodon@chirp.social TWW: While your interactions with others always begin as opposites, the best path to being one is through your sameness and not your differences. Set all else aside, help all people to know the love that we share. *Thank you, once again. Perhaps the last sentence in this section could read: the love of freedom that we share. My folks introduced me to F. Douglass writings, he remains a hero and guide. Celebrate. OWOP

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@bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot 2023-06-19 21:07

@Deglassco@mastodon.social @blackmastodon@a.gup.pe @BlackMastodon@chirp.social Thanks for this account of events. It’s good to hear about people’s lived experience rather than just facts and dates

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@coastgnu@norden.social 2023-06-20 05:05

@Deglassco@mastodon.social @blackmastodon@a.gup.pe @BlackMastodon@chirp.social In my opinion Juneteenth should be celebrated in the same way as Independence Day. And this should be done worldwide if you would ask me. Emancipation Proclamation stands in a row with the MagnaCharta. #juneteenth #BlackMastodon #history

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