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Old 06-22-2022, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby View Post
I didn't neglect to mention it. I was referring to the reason for this particular holiday known as Juneteenth. Juneteenth has nothing to do with the 13th Amendment, or Kentucky, or Delaware. It has to do with slaves in a state where slavery was technically abolished, being informed that slavery was abolished, 1.5 years after the president of the United States at the time proclaimed that it had been abolished.

It is a reminder that freedom prevails, whether you like it or not, and that free people WILL be informed about their freedom, whether you like it or not.

If you have a problem with that, then you are invited to live in a country where slaves are never told that they are free.
Freedom prevails, unless you were a slave in Delaware or Kentucky...

Then, the Emancipation Proclamation meant bupkiss...

And please show me where I said or implied I was unhappy with anyone's freedom...

Or was that just a snarky insult aimed at me?
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