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lornacrane · 5 months ago

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hey fuck the 4th of july I’m now only celebrating the 3rd of july which is emancipation day in the now-US Virgin Islands (St. Thomas, St. John, & St. Croix) celebrating when in 1848 my ancestors started burning the plantations and shops and everything bc the Danish monarchy told them they were going to be freed gradually over a couple of years and the formerly-enslaved people said absolutely not we’re gonna be free NOW

#my grandma told me about that yesterday morning so I now only celebrate emancipation day lol #basically it’s juneteenth but for the usvi (when they/we were still danish)#emancipation day #usvi #us virgin islands #………tbh we don’t know if we actually have ancestors in the usvi going back that long #like we know we’re from Antigua and probably Trinidad but we don’t know for Sure #but considering how old my great grandparents were like……someone was at least on st croix lol #ANYWAY EMANCIPATION DAY BABY LETS GO I love hearing abt Caribbean slave revolts esp when I get to be like IM RELATED TO THEM #fuck the danes! (for them owning my ancestors specifically)#why did I make this post here and not on my main I don’t know but tbh I have more ppl I talk to on this blog now so. 💁🏽

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