Junetenth

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Junetenth

• By AshleyHamlerGroup 1

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Junetenth What is it?
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Background

• First, the Emancipation Proclamation was issued
  by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863.
  There are varied theories as to why he issued
  this emancipation for slavery. The Emancipation
  Proclamation only related to areas under the
  control of the Union. This proclamation did not
  include slaves in the border states (Galveston,
  TX) and southern states that were under the
  control of the Confederate States of America.
  This would soon lead to 13 Amendment to the
  Constitution on December 18, 1865 which "ended"
  slavery in all parts of the United States. So, on
  June 19, 1865, the Union General Gordon Granger
  traveled to Galveston, TX to inform the
  inhabitants of the news.

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What General Gordon Granger Read

• "The people of Texas are informed that in
  accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive
•   of the United States, all slaves are free. 
  This involves an absolute equality of rights of
  property
•   between former masters and slaves, and the
  connection heretofore existing between them
•   becomes that between employer and free
  laborer.  The freedmen are advised to remain at
  their
• present homes and work for wages.  They are
  informed that they will not be allowed to collect
• at military posts, and that they will not be
  supported in idleness, either there or
• elsewhere."

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Junetenth All around America

• June 19th, quickly became the day to celebrate
  the ending of slavery. Utah has celebrated
  Juneteenth formally for 18 years, and informally
  for much longer than that.
• African Americans
• celebrate Junetenth to
• Remeber when their
• ancestors were finally
• set free.

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Celebrations

• Since Junetenth is not recognized as a national
  holiday, there are many festivals that take
  place. Most of the celebrations take place in the
  South and the Mid-west.

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Campaigning

• Junetenth is not recognized as a National
  holiday.
• There have been many attempts to make it a
  holiday, how ever these all have failed.

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