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mahatmakanejeeves

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Sun Jun 19, 2022, 11:26 AM Jun 2022

"Emancipation Day" celebrated in Richmond, Virginia, April 1905, forty years after Union victory: [View all]

Michael Beschloss Retweeted

Juneteenth should be the umbrella for all such commemorations, recalling that emancipation was a process.

“Emancipation Day” celebrated in Richmond, Virginia, April 1905, forty years after Union victory:


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