Post #2610670
2023-06-19 15:30 UTC
Final emancipation from the Emancipation Proclamation happened on June 19, 1865 in Galveston Texas, two months after the surrender at Appomattox. Commemoration of this date would become the celebration JUNETEENTH. Enslaved people in states that fought for the Union — Missouri, Delaware, Maryland, and Kentucky — did not become emancipated until December 6, 1865, with the passage of the 13th Amendment.
9/16
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@Deglassco@mastodon.social 2023-06-19 15:33
Although emancipation didn’t happen overnight for everyone—in some cases, enslavers withheld the information until after harvest season—celebrations broke out among newly freed Black people, and Juneteenth was born! 10/16 #BlackHistory #BlackMastodon #histodons #History #CivilWar #histodons #Juneteenth