Today we reflect upon the significance of Juneteenth, a date marked and celebrated as the African American Independence Day. To learn more about this event, its history and significance, and for more about the Black Freedom Struggle, especially in the more »
Special guest post today at National Archives blog, “Rediscovering Black History” about the Chaos of Emancipation in northeast Louisiana, 1863. Much thanks to Tina Ligon and others for making this possible!
Continue reading →It often bothers me when I hear people say, “Lincoln set the slaves free.” He did not. What he did do was to issue a proclamation that – by declaration – freed those persons held in bondage in certain specific more »
150 years ago, the entire reason for the Civil War changed. Although the majority of men in the Northern ranks enlisted to restore the Union, on Jan. 1, 1863, President Lincoln’s final Emancipation Proclamation declared that all persons held in more »
On this day, 150 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln announced the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. It declared slaves in areas “still in rebellion” (most of the Confederacy) would become free. It also provided compensation to slave holders who were loyal and more »