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#OTD in 1863 Andrew Johnson freed the enslaved people at his home in Greenville, Tennessee. Johnson was the state's Military Governor at the time. All enslaved people were emancipated in Tennessee on October 24, 1864. A 🧵 about Jonson's complicated legacy regarding slavery. 
Johnson was born into a poor family in Raleigh, North Carolina and grew up resenting the enslaving elite. His resentment did not keep him from enslaving others as an adult when he gained the financial ability to do so. In fact, Johnson very much supported slavery.
According to @flingsarahe, Johnson enslaved at least 5 individuals according to the 1860 slave schedule. Evidence suggests that Johnson was the father of two enslaved people named Liz and Florence. Their mother, Dolly, was listed as "black" while her children were "mulatto."
July 3 is #EmancipationDay in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
On this day 174 years ago, in what was then the Danish West Indies, thousands of enslaved people led by their leader General Buddhoe rose up to end slavery on St. Croix. (1/7)
On this day 174 years ago, in what was then the Danish West Indies, thousands of enslaved people led by their leader General Buddhoe rose up to end slavery on St. Croix. (1/7)
Slaves around the island e mass organized and marched to the Fort to challenge the Danish rule that kept them in chattel slaver. Demanding freedom against a brutal system (2/7)
Overwhelmed, the Danish colonial Governor Peter von Scholten declared “all unfree in the Danish West Indies are from today free.”
This freedom was hard-won. (3/7)
This freedom was hard-won. (3/7)
I’m going to say this, not to be pedantic, but because I’m seeing and hearing people get it wrong.
#EmancipationDay is a celebration of when the slaves were freed. ❌WRONG
The 13th Amendment made slavery illegal in the U.S (with a caveat). ✅CORRECT
#Juneteenth is the
#EmancipationDay is a celebration of when the slaves were freed. ❌WRONG
The 13th Amendment made slavery illegal in the U.S (with a caveat). ✅CORRECT
#Juneteenth is the
celebration of when the last REMAINING slaves in the REBEL state of Texas were told they were free. Too many people incorrectly believe Abraham Lincoln’s Executive Order, the Proclamation 95 freed all the slaves. It did not. The Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves in
seceding states. June 19, 1865 - 2.5 years after the Order took effect, the enslaves people in Galveston, TX were told they were free. This is important, because if people get this wrong, they will believe something that’s not correct about our country’s history. Why is that
#EmancipationDay has been recognized by the federal government. In this series, I urge Quebec to do the same. The province has the the second largest black population in Canada and much remains to be done to respect their realities.
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1-New generations of Black leaders in Quebec are working carefully to build dialogue between Black communities, whether they be continental, Caribbean, anglophone or francophone
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2-Although Black communities are divided by their histories, trajectories, geographical locations within Canada, class dynamics and diverse beliefs, they still face many of the same challenges.
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Typically, on the first Saturday of August, the streets of downtown Toronto would be filled with colourful masqueraders for Caribana. Despite COVID-19 causing the cancellation of the city's annual Caribbean festival, there is still much to celebrate today.
August 1st is Canada's #EmancipationDay which commemorates the declaration that made it illegal to enslave the descendants of Africans stolen from the continent to work as slaves.
Also celebrated in American and several Caribbean islands (on various dates), Emancipation Day honours the memory of those who were enslaved by Canadian and American colonists and celebrates the freedom of their descendants.
August 1st marks the day slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire, freeing enslaved people in Canada. Racial inequality and anti-Black racism are legacies of enslavement. Mark #EmancipationDay by learning about enslavement in Canada with 6 @CdnEncyclopedia articles:
The #enslavement of #Indigenous peoples defines slavery in Canada and is part of a dark legacy of colonization. 2/3 of the slaves in New France were Indigenous. However, when slavery was abolished, enslaved Black ppl far outnumbered enslaved Indigenous ppl.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sla…
In early Canada, the enslavement of African peoples was a legal instrument that helped fuel colonial economic enterprise. For 2 centuries, settlers in what is now Canada bought, sold & enslaved Black ppl, and were involved in the transatlantic slave trade. thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/bla…
Happy #EmancipationDay! Emancipation Day festivities have been an American tradition for over 150 years. This print depicts the celebration of the abolition of slavery in April of 1866, four months after the passage of the 13th Amendment. 1/11
Image Credit: Library of Congress
Image Credit: Library of Congress
#OTD in 1862, President Lincoln signed the Compensated Emancipation Act into law. Proceeding the Emancipation Proclamation nearly nine months, the Act abolished slavery in the District and freed approximately 3,100 enslaved African Americans. 2/11
The Act also compensated former slave owners up to $300 per enslaved person and offered financial assistance of up to $100 to newly freed people to help them emigrate out of the city. 3/11
Powerful Emancipation Month Opening ceremony at #Queenspark today.
Thank you Coco laRain Veira for sharing your son’s powerful words. And thank you for sharing
Jordon Veira with the world.
“Freedom is fought for.” And we will fight 4 Black Liberation 2day & every day.✊🏾💜✊🏾
Thank you Coco laRain Veira for sharing your son’s powerful words. And thank you for sharing
Jordon Veira with the world.
“Freedom is fought for.” And we will fight 4 Black Liberation 2day & every day.✊🏾💜✊🏾
Always honoured to share space with @SenatorWanda.
Lesson 1: Let’s make national recognition of Emancipation Day an election issue.
Lesson 2: Our ancestors fought for our right to vote. Let us honour them by being civically engaged 2day and every day.
Ashe! 💜✊🏾💜
Lesson 1: Let’s make national recognition of Emancipation Day an election issue.
Lesson 2: Our ancestors fought for our right to vote. Let us honour them by being civically engaged 2day and every day.
Ashe! 💜✊🏾💜
Reflecting on #EmancipationDay and #EmancipationMonth comes in all forms.
#Blessed to honour my ancestors & spiritual tradition as I sang to Ellegua at Queen’s Park. Ashe! ✊🏾💜✊🏾
#Blessed to honour my ancestors & spiritual tradition as I sang to Ellegua at Queen’s Park. Ashe! ✊🏾💜✊🏾
