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From the Plantation to the Thicket: Juneteenth, Black Freedom, and 'Marronage' in Texas
The story links Juneteenth to maroon communities and Freedom Colonies, showing how Black Texans pursued autonomy before and after emancipation.
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From the plantation to the thicket: Juneteenth, Black freedom and ‘marronage’ in Texas
This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook, X, and Bluesky. In Texas, Juneteenth is often described as the day that Union Major General Gordon Granger marched upon the shores of Galveston to announce the Emancipation Proclamation — on June 19th, […] The post From the plantation to the thicket: Juneteenth, Black fr…
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Leaning Left2Leaning Right0Center0Last UpdatedBias Distribution100% Left
Bias Distribution
- 100% of the sources lean Left
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