THE FIRST FREEDOM FIGHTERS, THE BREAKDOWN OF THE PLANTATION SYSTEM, COLONIALISM & SLAVERY! Today, June 19th, 1865 is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of Slavery in the United States finally in TEXAS which happened 2-years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation proclamation which had originally become official on January 1st, 1863 at which time there was an estimated total of 3-million slaves in the US. The celebration was a time for prayer and gathering with remaining