Celebrating slavery’s end: Juneteenth celebrations planned in Southern Indiana

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  • SOUTHERN INDIANA — Though President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, it took more than two years and the conclusion of a bloody civil war before slavery was abolished and for the word that enslaved people were free to be spread throughout the nation.

    Today marks the culmination of that mission, and several events are planned in Southern Indiana in celebration of Juneteenth.

    Juneteenth recognizes the end of slavery in the U.S. On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers landed in Galveston, Texas to announce that the Civil War had ended and that slaves were free. Texas had remained a Confederate territory and though the war had ended, Juneteenth recognizes that not all slaves were freed until Major General Gordon Granger and his troops arrived to enforce the order.

     

    Juneteenth was considered a major landmark well into the 20th Century, but events marking its importance waned over the years.

For full article: https://www.newsandtribune.com/news/clark_county/celebrating-slaverys-end-juneteenth-celebrations-planned-in-southern-indiana/article_73539d86-b1a4-11ea-8d09-9f400a57e536.html

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  • BY DANIEL SUDDEATH daniel.suddeath@newsandtribune.com

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Celebrating slavery’s end: Juneteenth celebrations planned in Southern Indiana

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  • SOUTHERN INDIANA — Though President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, it took more than two years and the conclusion of a bloody civil war before slavery was abolished and for the word that enslaved people were free to be spread throughout the nation.

    Today marks the culmination of that mission, and several events are planned in Southern Indiana in celebration of Juneteenth.

    Juneteenth recognizes the end of slavery in the U.S. On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers landed in Galveston, Texas to announce that the Civil War had ended and that slaves were free. Texas had remained a Confederate territory and though the war had ended, Juneteenth recognizes that not all slaves were freed until Major General Gordon Granger and his troops arrived to enforce the order.

     

    Juneteenth was considered a major landmark well into the 20th Century, but events marking its importance waned over the years.

For full article: https://www.newsandtribune.com/news/clark_county/celebrating-slaverys-end-juneteenth-celebrations-planned-in-southern-indiana/article_73539d86-b1a4-11ea-8d09-9f400a57e536.html

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  • BY DANIEL SUDDEATH daniel.suddeath@newsandtribune.com

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