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Question: Do you feel that juneteenth is a joke made up holiday?

Juneteenth is the celebration of freed slaves based on the emancipation proclamation. Which didn’t even free slaves. it was a war measure. It was never Lincolns intentions to get involved in freeing the slaves.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation

The proclamation did not free any slaves in the border states (Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia), nor any southern territories already under Union control. It first affected only those slaves that had already escaped to the Union side, but as the Union armies conquered the Confederacy, thousands of slaves were freed each day until nearly all (estimated at 4 million) were free by July of 1865.
After the war there was concern that the proclamation, as a war measure, had not made the elimination of slavery permanent. Several states had prohibited slavery, but some slavery continued to exist in Kentucky and Delaware, until the entire institution was finally wiped out by the ratification of the……..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation

Q&A:

Answer by Kandi
yes-

Answer by TINA
no i happy that we have juneteenth becuase it is my best friends birthday and it makes it easier to remember!

Answer by Monica T
You sound like my history teacher…lol. but yeah, it didnt free the slaves. lincoln isnt as amazing as he sounds.

Answer by MeanKitty
Its just another reason for bbq’s and beating to death innocent men on their way home from work

Answer by LeRoy 4
it’s a mighty big deal here in Texas dude.

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