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Juneteenth celebrates the announcement of the end of slavery in the confederacy (june 19, 1865: 2 years after the emancipation proclamation).
about 6 months later, the 13th amendment is ratified, which abolished slavery-- except as a form of punishment.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth
@ghost too bad then we then decided to just punish black people for existing.
today is juneteenth Show more
@ghost too bad then we then decided to just punish black people for existing.