Posted on 06/18/2021 7:07:40 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel
“It didn’t end slavery in the US. That took the Thirteenth amendment, slave states that stayed in the Union (the polite phrase is “Border States”) were allowed to keep the slaves they held”
I confess, I do not know how many slaves the 13th Amendment actually freed. Most Union slave states had abolished slavery before its effective date, but maybe not all.
Slavery didn’t officially end in the Cherokee Nation until July 27, 1866.
Stevie Ray Vaughn, John Lee Hooker, Peppermint Harris, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Albert Collins, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Professor Longhair, Big Mama Thornton, Arnett Cobb, and others joined together to celebrate Juneteenth back in the 1970s.
https://30daysout.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/almost-30-years-out-stevie-ray-vaughan-1979/
They have Kwanza, we have Christmas.
They have Juneteenth, we have Independence Day.
All we have to do now is have an alternative Thanksgiving and the holiday segregation will be complete.
Last April 20, I met a lady who was going to the downtown area of my city. She asked me, “Do you know what holiday I am celebrating today?” Without hesitation I said, “Sure, Adolf Hitler’s birthday.” Which is true; Hitler was born on April 20, 1889. That certainly changed her perspective of a certain marijuana-based holiday.
Ann Coulter has had 7 opinion pieces about Kwanzaa titled, Happy Kwanzaa! The Holiday Brought to You by the FBI
https://anncoulter.com/2020/12/30/happy-kwanzaa-the-holiday-brought-to-you-by-the-fbi-7/
Freeing slaves in Texas was not number 1, taking possession of Texas cotton was either #1 or #2.
So we get July 27th off too?
I thought Kwanzaa was only celebrated by white liberals with guilty consciences. Myself, I have yet to hear a black person admit he or she observes it. As for me, I can’t get very excited about a tradition that is younger than me.
During the intervening six months, most of the remaining slave holding states outlawed slavery but not all of them. Of all people, Joe Biden should know better. His home state of Delaware was one of the hold outs along with Kentucky.
So, the date that should be celebrated nationally is either December 6, 1865 when the requisite number of states finally ratified the Thirteenth Amendment or December 18, 1865 when the amendment was declared a part of the Constitution.
We need to take this away from the left and claim it ourselves.
We had it in Pueblo, Colorado...
Fantastic idea. Celebrate Republicanism. They make blacks people in the USA. Spin that.
Well, I guess they still do, sort of.
Also there is no mention of the former slaves who petitioned to go back into slavery. They were not able to support themselves, they didn’t know how to farm, they didn’t know how to grow their own food. They had been fed and sheltered and the end of slavery was difficult.
Only in Indian Country.
Remind them of the Christian white men who put an end to slavery. Remind them of the Muslims who still hold slaves while you’re at it.
Do you recall their plea? “Think of our children!” My Mom said they should have thought of their children before they betrayed our country.
Government employees would celebrate Adolf Hitler’s birthday if it meant a day off work with full pay.
Indeed
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