Roland Font
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On June 19, 1865, Galveston finally heard what had been law for two and a half years. The gap between the proclamation and its enforcement is the whole lesson: freedom announced is not freedom enforced.
The community built this day. Texas freedpeople made Juneteenth in 1866 — long before Washington made it a federal holiday in 2021. Recognition…
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Abibitumi Points
Gotta read the fine print: Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
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Well said.
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