A look at the '20 and odd Africans' who landed in what is now Hampton, Va. and their lasting impact on what would become the United States. (Part 1) ww.wusa9... This is a series I'm proud to share & dedicate to all my African-American friends... I now know the truth about Juneteenth...
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Thank you, Linda, for a different look at history,
The Emancipation Proclamation was made effective in 1863.
Freedom finally came on June 19, 1865, when some 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas. The army announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state, were free by executive decree. This day came to be known as "Juneteenth," by the newly freed people in Texas.