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Happy Juneteenth! - sanantone - 06-19-2018
This holiday celebrates the date Texas slaves were informed of emancipation. They were informed two years after the Emancipation Proclamation became effective.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth
RE: Happy Juneteenth! - alram - 06-19-2018
Good article. Make sense that slaves were not informed until after the confederacy surrendered in April 1865.