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Juneteenth: On this day in 1865, the emancipation of the slaves was announced in Galveston
Posted on 6/19/18 at 6:19 am
Posted on 6/19/18 at 6:19 am
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The news of General Robert E. Lee's surrender on April 9 moved slowly and did not reach Texas until May 1865. The Army of the Trans-Mississippi did not surrender until June 2.[8] On June 18, Union Army General Gordon Granger arrived at Galveston Island with 2,000 federal troops to occupy Texas on behalf of the federal government.[7] The following day, standing on the balcony of Galveston's Ashton Villa, Granger read aloud the contents of "General Order No. 3", announcing the total emancipation of those held as slaves:
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The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere.[10]
Formerly enslaved people in Galveston rejoiced in the streets after the announcement, although in the years afterward many struggled to work through the changes against resistance of whites. The following year, freedmen organized the first of what became the annual celebration of Juneteenth in Texas.[10] In some cities African-Americans were barred from using public parks because of state-sponsored segregation of facilities. Across parts of Texas, freed people pooled their funds to purchase land to hold their celebrations, such as Houston's Emancipation Park, Mexia's Booker T. Washington Park, and Emancipation Park in Austin.[8][10]
Posted on 6/19/18 at 6:33 am to GetCocky11
Had zero clue what this was and why it was on my apple calendar. Was in an uber and the driver had just been to a celebration for it. Not sure if I should have known about this or not.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 6:33 am to GetCocky11
Juneteenth celebrates the time when black Jesus was crucified by the police and was resurrected 3 days later
Posted on 6/19/18 at 6:35 am to GetCocky11
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they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere
What the hell happend?
Posted on 6/19/18 at 6:36 am to flyAU
I didn’t know about it until a few years ago. I still have to go to work so I don’t care. Apparently those celebrating eat goats today or something?
Posted on 6/19/18 at 6:42 am to GetCocky11
Where white people freed black people who were sold to white people by black people.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 6:52 am to GetCocky11
Now I at least I know what the hell the Jumeteenth holiday is showing in my phone calendar.
I'll celebrate by going to work.
I'll celebrate by going to work.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 7:18 am to GetCocky11
No Google Doodle, don't care.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 8:28 am to GetCocky11
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did not reach Texas until May 1865
Crazy that the Alamo was just 30 years prior
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As early as October 27, Mexican president Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna had been preparing to quell the unrest in Texas.[114] In early 1836 Santa Anna personally led a 6000-man force toward Texas. His force was large but ill-trained.[115] Santa Anna led the bulk of the troops to San Antonio de Bexar to besiege the Alamo Mission, while General Jose de Urrea led the remaining troops up the coast of Texas.[116] Urrea's forces soon defeated all the Texian resistance along the coast, culminating in the Goliad Massacre, where they executed 300 Texian prisoners of war.[117] After a thirteen-day siege, Santa Anna's forces overwhelmed the nearly 200 Texians defending the Alamo, and killed the prisoners. "Remember the Alamo!" became a battle cry of the Texas Revolution.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 8:30 am to GetCocky11
And no google doodle? Literally shaking.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 9:16 am to GetCocky11
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that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere.[10]
If only we had stuck to this
Posted on 6/19/18 at 9:19 am to GetCocky11
Some of y’all are miserable fricks. I am working today, too.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 9:20 am to GetCocky11
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they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere
Well that sure worked...
Posted on 6/19/18 at 9:21 am to GetCocky11
Ironically it wasnt until the 13th amendment was passed that the slaves in the north were freed after the civil war.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 9:38 am to GetCocky11
quote:CSB: The 2nd floor of the carriage house is a 1 bedroom apartment. I lived there for a while.
standing on the balcony of Galveston's Ashton Villa
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