The whole point of recognizing Juneteenth is to celebrate when slavery was officially over. Even after the 13th Amendment passed, it lingered on for six months until soliders entered Galveston Bay, Texas, and told the remaining 250,000 slaves they were actually free.
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The Emancipation Proclamation was not an ideological foundation like the Declaration of Independence was. It was largely a military tactic to keep European nations from joining the side of the Confederacy. https://twitter.com/Bourgeois_Bear/status/1405884097424150532 …
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The 13th Amendment did not legally abolish slavery until it was ratified in December 1865.
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I think you're missing the real get here which is now we know under what conditions Liz Wheeler is ok with us celebrating Juneteenth.
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Maybe you’re over thinking it
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think you're missing the forest for the trees here, friend
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