What is Juneteenth, and why is it important? | Karlos Hill and Soraya Field Fiorio

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🗓️ 19 June 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

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. [Directed by Rémi Cans, Atypicalist, narrated by Christina Greer, music by Jarrett Farkas].

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
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0:14.1	Slavery is a key part of America's history and the growth of its economy in the country's
0:18.2	first 100 years.
0:20.2	While the Civil War formally promised freedom to the enslaved, it didn't necessarily end
0:25.4	slavery across the states.
0:28.0	In their Ted Ed lesson, educators Carlos Hill and Saraya Field Fiorio explain this history
0:33.7	and why we celebrate June 10th after the break.
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1:14.2	One day, while hiding in the kitchen, Charlotte Brooks overheard a life-changing secret.
1:20.0	At the age of 17, she'd been separated from her family and taken to William Nealand's
1:25.0	Texas plantation.
1:26.7	There, she was made to do housework at the violent whims of her enslavers.
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