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Juneteenth and Biblical Christians

To be direct, I had never heard of Juneteenth until it came up under Joe Biden's time as the American President. Since leftists spend a great deal of time and money courting votes and support of black people, I thought it was another stunt. I was wrong in some ways. People are not given accurate or complete history, and "Lincoln freed the slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation" is one example. When he made his statements, everyone — including the Confederacy — did not simply turn the slaves loose. Also, remember that news traveled slowly back then. General Gordon Granger , 1860s photo by Mathew Brady The Union Army went into Confederate States and made certain that the Emancipation Proclamation was known — over two years after Abraham Lincoln said it! General Gordon Granger made the news known in Galveston Bay, Texas, on Jun 19, 1865. That was the last slavery holdout, so there were no more excuses. A few months later the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution was passe...