Today marks the end of slavery in the Confederate States, but not all slavery ended.
Juneteenth,Formally Juneteenth Independence Dayis a United States federal holiday celebrated annually on June 19th to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday's name is a combination of “June” and “19th,” referring to June 19, 1865, the day at the end of the American Civil War when Major General Gordon Granger ordered the final implementation of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas.[8][9] Unfortunately, this is false and disrespectful to slaves. The people commemorated on this day found freedom through the Emancipation Proclamation, but it only applied to the former Confederate states. In states that did not secede from the Union, they remained legally enslaved. These people did not gain their freedom until the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified.
Don't get me wrong: Many Americans — 74 million in the latest poll — would like to reinstate slavery if it could be done with impunity. We still have a lot of work to do.
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