Strengths & Weaknesses of the Emancipation Proclamation: Road Toward Juneteenth
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Juneteenth honors the day (June 19, 1865) when federal troops officially took control of Texas. Months after the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox and the assassination of President Lincoln, the Civil War was basically over by that point. But, under the dictates of the Emancipation Proclamation, official military control of Texas meant the permanent freedom of the slaves that lived there.
Strengths & Weaknesses of the Emancipation Proclamation: Road Toward Juneteenth
Strengths & Weaknesses of the Emancipation…
Strengths & Weaknesses of the Emancipation Proclamation: Road Toward Juneteenth
Juneteenth honors the day (June 19, 1865) when federal troops officially took control of Texas. Months after the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox and the assassination of President Lincoln, the Civil War was basically over by that point. But, under the dictates of the Emancipation Proclamation, official military control of Texas meant the permanent freedom of the slaves that lived there.