History
Originating in Galveston, Texas, this has been celebrated annually on June 19th in various parts of the United States since 1865
What is Juneteenth?
This amendment to the United States Constitution abolished Slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime
What is the 13th Amendment?
This President issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
These are two other names for Juneteenth
What is Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, or Emancipation Day?
Finish this quote by Senator Charles Sumner:
"All persons are ______ before the law, so that no person can hold another as a slave; ..."
What is "equal"?
The year the Emancipation Proclamation was first issued.
What year was 1863?
When did Juneteenth become a federal holiday?
What is June 17, 2021?
This proclamation declared an end slavery in the confederate states
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The 13th Amendment excluded this group of people in the United States
Who are Native Americans?
The Emancipation Proclamation applied to these type of states.
What are Confederate States?
General Order No. 3, issued by Major General Gordon Granger formally informed this southern state that slavery had ended
What is Texas?
Amendment XIII passed with a congressional vote of __ to __, narrowly reaching this requirement
What is 119 to 56?
The month, day, and year the Emancipation proclamation was signed.
What is January 1st 1863?
What was the 10-acre parcel of land purchased by former slaves, Richard Allen, Richard Brock, Jack Yates, and Elias Dibble for $800 in 1872 to celebrate Juneteenth?
What is Emancipation Park in Houston, Texas?
General Order No. 3 was issued 2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, at which time Texas still had this many enslaved people
What is 250,000?
This representative proposed an constitutional amendment to abolish slavery nationally and permanently on December 14th, 1863
Who is James Mitchell Ashley?
The length of time after the Emancipation Proclamation that it took for slaves in Texas to learn that they had been freed
How long is two and half years?
What was the period directly following June 19, 1865 in which formerly enslaved people left Texas in great numbers to find family members and make their way in the postbellum United States called?
What is the "Scatter"?