https://thegrio.com/2022/06/20/the-grio-daily-america-didnt-free-the-slaves-the-slaves-freed-america/
'TheGrio Daily': America didn't free the slaves. The slaves freed America - TheGrio
Jun 30, 2022 - On Juneteenth, Michael Harriot reminds us not to get it twisted. More enslaved people freed themselves than the Emancipation Proclamation.
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