THREAD On #Juneteenth via Smithsonian NMAAHC

[Ryan Goble]

If you click out the discussion under the initial posts is pretty interesting ...

#OTD in 1865, enslaved African Americans were notified of their freedom by Union troops in Galveston Bay, TX—two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.

Known as #Juneteenth, this day is widely celebrated as the end of chattel slavery in the U.S. #APeoplesJourney pic.twitter.com/NsjdV6swG0

— Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) June 19, 2019