![]() ![]() ![]() While the Emancipation Proclamation officially granted freedom to enslaved people in confederate states in 1863, slave owners continued to defy the proclamation and enslave people until well after the Civil War ended in April 1865. The news, brought to the state by Union soldiers nearly two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, sparked celebrations across the state as it spread. ![]() The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners proclaimed June 19, 2023, as Juneteenth Day in Multnomah County, continuing the annual recognition of the day when news of the abolition of slavery actually reached the westernmost slave state of Texas on June 19, 1865. Speakers from Chair Jessica Vega Pederson’s Office, the Office of Diversity and Equity, and the Health Department - and a delegation from the Mr, & Miss Juneteenth Oregon program - spoke about the significance of the holiday. ![]()
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