don’t refer to Juneteenth as the “Black 4th of July.â€
never forget the true importance of this day.
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— clover ✧˚₊‧♡ (@girlofthecosmos.bsky.social) 2025-06-19T16:00:33.547Z
on January 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued The Emancipation Proclamation; establishing that all enslaved people in Confederate states in rebellion against the union be freed from chattel slavery.
— clover ✧˚₊‧♡ (@girlofthecosmos.bsky.social) 2025-06-19T16:00:33.548Z
The proclamation however didn’t free any slaves. It only applied to places under Confederate control and not to slave-holding border states or rebel areas already under Union control. Freedom took two more years.
— clover ✧˚₊‧♡ (@girlofthecosmos.bsky.social) 2025-06-19T16:00:33.549Z
The newly freed celebrated but some enslavers didn’t share the news & withheld the information until after harvest season. Later that year in December, the 13th Amendment was ratified; officially abolishing chattel slavery.
— clover ✧˚₊‧♡ (@girlofthecosmos.bsky.social) 2025-06-19T16:00:33.550Z
Black Texans were the ones who spearheaded the liberation of all Black people in America when the final 250,000 were finally notified of their freedom from chattel slavery on June 19th.
— clover ✧˚₊‧♡ (@girlofthecosmos.bsky.social) 2025-06-19T16:00:33.551Z
Chattel slavery ended that day in 1865 but systemic slavery and racism is very much alive and imbedded within the very fiber of this entire country and in all its institutions. Oppressive laws and policies should not be regarded as “freedom.â€
— clover ✧˚₊‧♡ (@girlofthecosmos.bsky.social) 2025-06-19T16:00:33.552Z
Today should be in remembrance to those in Texas and far beyond who didn’t make it to June 19th, recognize their pain and honoring their memories. Don’t let corporate greed water down what this day actually means or turn it into something that it’s not.
— clover ✧˚₊‧♡ (@girlofthecosmos.bsky.social) 2025-06-19T16:00:33.553Z
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