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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
I don't care for the name. Should we refer to 911 as Sepleventh?? Or independence Day as the Jurth???? Regardless, I would prefer that this holiday be the date on which the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. Due to the slow communications of the day, slaves were "freed" on different days throughout the US. In some ways their descendants aren't even free today. But the common date would be when Lincoln signed the EP, not when a small city in Texas got the word. (yes, I realize the news was deliberately withheld)
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Slow communications were not a problem at that time, as Telegraph existed allowing for almost instant communication to central offices. EP did not abolish slavery. It was a step to free slaves in certain areas. Most of these areas were not under Union control and had to wait until they were under Union Control before actions to Free Slaves could be accomplished effectively. I saw one description that stated that the Unions issuance of the EP could be compared to Hitler telling opponents the lay down their arms and surrender.
Amendment 13 was the attempt to abolish Slavery (in almost all cases) in the USA.