[Leaning Right]

I’d be more receptive to Juneteenth if it were more honestly described:

Juneteenth celebrates the day Republican troops freed the last of the Democrat-owned slaves.

[jeffersondem]

“Juneteenth celebrates the day Republican troops freed the last of the Democrat-owned slaves.”

That is not quite right. Juneteenth celebrates the day that it was announced in Texas that slaves in the defeated Confederate States of America had been freed.

The United States clung to slavery until passage of the 13th amendment which occurred later.

It is interesting to note that according to official records Virginia ratified the 13th amendment before Ohio; Louisiana before Minnesota; Arkansas before Connecticut; and Georgia before New Jersey.

[ealgeone]

I’d be more receptive to Juneteenth if it were more honestly described:

Juneteenth celebrates the day Republican troops freed the last of the Democrat-owned slaves.

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THIS!!!

One minor correction....the slaves had already been freed in 1863 via the Emancipation Proclamation.

This was the Union Army announcing they had been freed as a result.