06/19/2021
āTHE ORIGINAL JUNETEENTH COCKTAILā
Creator: Norman Johnson
January 1, 1863:
PresidentĀ Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which made known that all enslaved people in confederate statesĀ in rebellion against the Union āshall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.ā January 31, 1865:
Two years later slavery was abolished in the United States by Congress when they passed the 13th Amendment.
June 19, 1865:
Two months after the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. LeeĀ at Appomattox Court HouseĀ in Virginia, Union General Gordon Granger and approximately 1,800 federal troops arrived inĀ Galveston, Texas, to take control of the state and enforce the Emancipation Proclamation. Granger read the Generalās orders, which declared in part: āThe people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.ā Juneteenth (short for āJune Nineteenthā) is a holiday commemorating this day, which marked the EFFECTIVE end of slavery in the United States. **In reality, the Emancipation Proclamation didnāt instantly free any slaves because it only applied to places under Confederate control and not to slave-holding border states or rebel areas already under Union control. However, as Northern troops advanced into the Confederate South, many slaves fled behind Union lines.**
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