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On January 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. Although the document declared "all persons enslaved" shall be free, the message did not reach all states until a year or more later. On June 19, 1865, an annual celebration "Jubilee Day" commenced and (1 of 2) https://t.co/lVYX4w6eCX — PolitiTweet.org