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Originally Posted by banjobob
Means nothing really to anybody just that in Texas when 2000 slaves were freed. Just a day in our colorful American history. Somebody thought what great idea to celebrate and make a paid day off for federal workers.
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The commonly accepted number is more like 250,000. (but hey, what's two orders of magnitude when you have a point to make)
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