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To: ealgeone

Yes, Juneteenth was when the last of the slaves were freed.

Republican bayonets finally reached Galveston on that day after the last major democrat army had surrendered.

Juneteenth is a quintessential Republican holiday.


175 posted on 07/28/2021 9:13:15 AM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: Pikachu_Dad

Not quite correct. The slaves in Galveston freed on “Junteenth” were probably the last slaves freed by the Emancipation Proclamation. The last slaves in the United States (in Kentucky and Delaware) were not freed until the 13th Amendment was ratified on Dec 6, 1865


188 posted on 07/28/2021 9:58:20 AM PDT by Bull Snipe
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To: Pikachu_Dad

Nope. The slaves in the Confederate states were freed 1-1-63 by the Emancipation proclamation.


191 posted on 07/28/2021 10:23:44 AM PDT by ealgeone
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