# Emancipation Proclamation on The No Agenda Show

Emancipation Proclamation comes up in 4 chapters across 4 episodes of The No Agenda Show, from August 2017 to June 2024.

- **Chapters:** 4
- **Episodes:** 4
- **Discussed:** August 2017 – June 2024
- **Related topics:** [Abraham Lincoln](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/abraham-lincoln.md), [Civil War](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/civil-war.md), [Juneteenth](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/juneteenth.md), [Democrats](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/democrats.md), [Father's Day](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/father-s-day.md), [Galveston](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/galveston.md), [George Floyd](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/george-floyd.md), [Joe Biden](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/joe-biden.md), [Lincoln Memorial](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/lincoln-memorial.md), [Rosa Parks](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/rosa-parks.md)

## Chapters 1–4 of 4

### Juneteenth History, Gaslighting, and Mental Enslavement Claims

- **Episode:** [1670: The Meloni](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1670-the-meloni.md)
- **Published:** 2024-06-20
- **Time:** 3:16
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1670-the-meloni/chapter/juneteenth-history-gaslighting-and-mental-enslavement-claims.md

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak discuss the origins of Juneteenth, noting that Black Americans historically celebrated the end of slavery on January 1st to mark the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation. A featured clip argues that the modern framing of Juneteenth is a "repackaged segregation" by the left, claiming Democrats kept people enslaved for two years after abolition until right-wing men intervened in Galveston on June 19, 1865.

Keywords: [juneteenth](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/juneteenth.md), [abraham lincoln](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/abraham-lincoln.md), [emancipation proclamation](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/emancipation-proclamation.md), [galveston](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/galveston.md), [texas](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/texas.md), [democrats](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/democrats.md), [rosa parks](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/rosa-parks.md)

### Father's Day Traditions, Juneteenth Federal Holiday Origins

- **Episode:** [1461: Bi-Pox](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1461-bi-pox.md)
- **Published:** 2022-06-19
- **Time:** 4:04
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1461-bi-pox/chapter/father-s-day-traditions-juneteenth-federal-holiday-origins.md

The observation is made that Father's Day has shifted toward fathers texting each other rather than receiving traditional gifts. Discussion turns to Juneteenth being established as a federal holiday by President Biden in 2021 following the George Floyd protests. The holiday is characterized as a local Texas celebration of the delayed notification of the Emancipation Proclamation rather than the legal end of slavery itself.

Keywords: [father's day](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/father-s-day.md), [juneteenth](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/juneteenth.md), [joe biden](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/joe-biden.md), [emancipation proclamation](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/emancipation-proclamation.md), [george floyd](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/george-floyd.md)

### Abraham Lincoln's 1862 Letter on Union and Slavery

- **Episode:** [959: Stay Safe!](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/959-stay-safe.md)
- **Published:** 2017-08-27
- **Time:** 1:00:50–1:04:02
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/959-stay-safe/chapter/abraham-lincoln-s-1862-letter-on-union-and-slavery.md

In an 1862 letter to editor Horace Greeley, Abraham Lincoln explicitly stated that his primary goal in the Civil War was to save the Union, not to save or destroy slavery. Lincoln wrote that if he could save the Union without freeing any slaves, he would do so, and if he could save it by freeing all of them, he would do that as well. This historical document is cited to challenge the modern consensus that the war was fought exclusively over the issue of slavery.

Keywords: [abraham lincoln](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/abraham-lincoln.md), horace greeley, [emancipation proclamation](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/emancipation-proclamation.md), [civil war](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/civil-war.md), [union](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/union.md)

### Lincoln Memorial Inscriptions and Civil War Motivations

- **Episode:** [958: The Talking Stick!](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/958-the-talking-stick.md)
- **Published:** 2017-08-24
- **Time:** 13:28–16:13
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/958-the-talking-stick/chapter/lincoln-memorial-inscriptions-and-civil-war-motivations.md

A circulating image of an inscription at the Lincoln Memorial features an 1864 quote from Abraham Lincoln stating the war was being fought for the Union rather than the sole purpose of abolition. The hosts discuss historical interpretations of the Civil War and the current climate of pulling down statues. They reference Kenneth Stamp's historical work regarding the complex motivations behind the conflict between the states.

Keywords: [abraham lincoln](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/abraham-lincoln.md), [lincoln memorial](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/lincoln-memorial.md), [emancipation proclamation](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/emancipation-proclamation.md), [civil war](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/civil-war.md), kenneth stamp, abolition

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