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Joyful, Juneteenth! Freedom Day. [1]

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Date: 2024-06-19  

The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth

Juneteenth For Kids K-12

“ Freedom’s Eve ,” January 1, 1863 , enslaved and free African Americans gathered in churches and private homes all across the country awaiting news that the Emancipation Proclamation had taken effect.

At midnight, prayers were answered as all enslaved people in confederate states were declared legally free.

Union soldiers, many of whom were black, marched onto plantations and across cities in the south reading small copies of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Only through the Thirteenth Amendment did emancipation end slavery throughout the US. Smithsonian

Images Slavery In The US / Emancipation Proclamation

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