Episode 87 On Juneteenth Celebrate Abolition, not Lincoln

Summary:

Juneteenth celebrates the proclamation read in Galveston, TX on June 19, 1865, enforcing the Emancipation Proclamation in that state. While the abolition of slavery is true cause for celebration, Lincoln gets too much credit for what was by his own admission merely a “war measure,” and not enough blame for an unnecessary war.

Additional Reading

Both Lincoln and the Confederacy Were Awful

Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address

Lincoln’s Letter to Horace Greeley August 22, 1862

Colonization After Emancipation: Lincoln and the Movement for Black Resettlement

The Real Lincoln: A New

Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War

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