Quatrain of Juneteenth
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Quatrain of Juneteenth

Juneteenth - also known as
emancipation day - slaves in Texas
were not informed of their
emancipation until two years
after the fact.

Two more years a slave,
no one said a word -
not even one rock 
thrown,

Then one day a soldier
arrived to say I was
free as he tossed a
stone.

My heart raced to my head,
I cried as though
life had just
started,

It was June nineteenth,
the day my Master and
me, finally
parted!

Yorktown Disciple
1998
Order # 1489
Quatrain of Juneteenth - 1489 - Yorktown Disciple
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