When did the deep state start forcing Juneteenth down our throats. Why is this nonsense even considered a holiday
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The proclamation didn't "free the slaves." Read it completely. It exempted a number of locations, such as Norfolk, VA and New Orleans.
BTW, the war didn't start to set anyone free. It was to punish the South for daring to trade directly with England without using northern shippers and paying more taxes. Slavery was a pretext to get stupid northerners on board with the deadly "War of Northern Aggression." Southerners were merely defending themselves. Yankees came down and killed men, women, children, and livestock, and burned down farm houses, fields, and courthouses.
The slaves would have been free in 20 years or so naturally, just as the ones up north had gradually gotten freedom. There was no need for a war.