173
When there are slavers to shoot, we all can have a little American pride - as a treat 19th Century History (media.piefed.social)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/historymemes@piefed.social
18 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 9 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

When was the last slave freed?

Yes it's long but it's worth it

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    My home town celebrates August 8th because that's when news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached Paducah KY.

    Two months.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Well howdy, neighbor. It's strange that since joining Lemmy I've seen several mentions of places close to where I live, and that's never happened to me even once on reddit despite using it for years.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •