The Birmingham African American Genealogy Group, Inc. Celebrates Juneteenth Day
Please go and attended one of many celebrations throughout the area.
When the rest of the country got on the same page ....
"The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between becomes that between employer and hired labor."
General Orders, Number 3
Headquarters District of Texas, Galveston, June 1865
Dates to Consider:
January 1, 1808 - Congressional Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves as part of the TransAtlantic Slave Trade
January 1, 1863 - Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation freeing est. 3 million slaves in Southern States of the Confederacy
April 8, 1864 - Senate passes the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery (38 to 6)... Amendment is sent to the House.
January 31, 1865 - The House passes the joint resolution of the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery ... (119 to 56)
February 1, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln approves Joint Resolution of Congress and sends to states for ratification
June 19, 1865 - Texas declaration in "accordance" with Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation freeing southern slaves
December 6, 1865 - 13th Amendment is ratified by existing states (27 of 36) abolishing the institution of slavery .... estimated 100,000 plus enslaved people freed
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