What is Juneteenth, and why is it important? - Karlos K. Hill and Soraya Field Fiorio
What is Juneteenth, and why is it important? - Karlos K. Hill and Soraya Field Fiorio with tags juneteenth, american civil war, civil war, abraham lincoln, slavery, us slavery, emancipation proclamation, 13th amendment, us constitution, confederacy, union, secession, missouri compromise, gordon granger, robert e lee, galveston, june 19, freedom, abolition, emancipation celebration, chattel slavery, confederate states, 13 colonies, history, us history, education, animation, karlos k. hill, soraya field fiorio, rémi cans, atypicalist, ted, ted-ed, ted ed, teded, ted education
Get to know the history of Juneteenth, a commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States after the Civil War.
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At the end of the Civil War, though slavery was technically illegal in all states, it still persisted in the last bastions of the Confederacy. This was the case when Union General Gordon Granger marched his troops into Galveston, Texas on June 19th and announced that all enslaved people there were officially free. Karlos K. Hill and Soraya Field Fiorio dig into the history of Juneteenth.
Lesson by Karlos K. Hill and Soraya Field Fiorio, directed by Rémi Cans, Atypicalist.
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