Soulality: Juneteenth Event
The United States
The four states that do not recognize Juneteenth are Hawaii, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana. In 1996 the first legislation to recognize "Juneteenth Independence Day" was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, H.J. Res.
Juneteenth – also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day – is a holiday celebrating the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States
January 1, 1863
Soulality Founder, Civil Right Activest, Poet, Author and Visual Artist Naomi with Civilr Right Activist Alexandera at Liberty State Park for Juneteenth celebration event.
Juneteenth (a portmanteau of "June" and "nineteenth"), also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, and Cel-Liberation Day, is an American holiday celebrated on June 19.
The colors red, white, and blue echo the American flag to symbolize that the enslaved people and their descendants were Americans. The star in the middle pays homage to Texas, while the bursting "new star" on the "horizon" of the red and blue fields represents a new freedom and a new people.
Such families that owned from 50 to 100 slaves were the Haywoods, the Joneses, the Perrys, the Mordecais, the Rogerses, the Smiths and the Manlys, which included Gov. Charles Manly, who owned Ingleside plantation east of Raleigh. This last plantation was heavily plundered by Gen.
Slavery was legally practiced in the Province of North Carolina and the state of North Carolina until January 1, 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Prior to statehood, there were 41,000 enslaved African-Americans in the Province of North Carolina in 1767.
The 13th amendment, which formally abolished slavery in the United States, passed the Senate on April 8, 1864, and the House on January 31, 1865. On February 1, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln approved the Joint Resolution of Congress submitting the proposed amendment to the state legislatures.
First, Emancipation Day, a holiday in Washington, D.C. commemorating the emancipation in April 1862 of African slaves. It is observed on the weekday closest to April 16.
In August 1833, the Slave Emancipation Act was passed, giving all slaves in the British empire their freedom, albeit after a set period of years. Plantation owners received compensation for the 'loss of their slaves' in the form of a government grant set at £20,000,000.
Weekly food rations -- usually corn meal, lard, some meat, molasses, peas, greens, and flour -- were distributed every Saturday. Vegetable patches or gardens, if permitted by the owner, supplied fresh produce to add to the rations. Morning meals were prepared and consumed at daybreak in the slaves' cabins.
Red Sodas Are a Mainstay at Texas Celebrations Red soda water is as much a part of the Juneteenth celebration as are parades and barbecue. Tuesday is the Texas holiday that celebrates the liberation of black American slaves in Texas on June 19, 1865.
One hundred and fifty one years later, on 1 August 1985 the government of Trinidad and Tobago declared Emancipation Day a national holiday to commemorate the abolition of slavery. OTHER RESOURCES: Act for the Abolition of Slavery throughout the British Colonies.
Though not a federal holiday, 47 states and the District of Columbia recognize Juneteenth as a state or ceremonial holiday. The only three states that do not recognize the holiday are North Dakota, South Dakota and Hawaii. Texas was the first state to recognize the holiday in 1980.
Slavery was abolished in the possessions of the East India Company by the Indian Slavery Act, 1843.
West Virginia became the 35th state on June 20, 1863, and the last slave state admitted to the Union. Eighteen months later, the West Virginia legislature completely abolished slavery, and also ratified the 13th Amendment on February 3, 1865.
June 19, 1865
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