<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee" id="mwjQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a> Military Governor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Johnson" id="mwjg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Andrew Johnson">Andrew Johnson</a> frees his personal slaves in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeneville,_Tennessee" id="mwjw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Greeneville, Tennessee">Greeneville, Tennessee</a> despite them being exempt from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation" id="mwkA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Emancipation Proclamation">Emancipation Proclamation</a>, now commemorated as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Day#Kentucky_and_Tennessee_–_August_8" id="mwkQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Emancipation Day">Emancipation Day</a> in the state.<sup about="#mwt38" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-5"}}' id="cite_ref-5" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_8#cite_note-5" id="mwkg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwkw">[5]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-5"><cite about="#mwt35" class="citation web cs1" id="CITEREFDavis,_Stephanie2021">Davis, Stephanie (August 27, 2021). <a class="external text" href="https://tnmuseum.org/Stories/posts/the-history-of-emancipation-day-in-tennessee?locale=en_us#:~:text=Seven%20months%20after%20the%20Proclamation's,and%20was%20celebrated%20in%20Greeneville." id="mwB2k" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"The History of Emancipation Day in Tennessee"</a>. <i id="mwB2o">TNMuseum.org</i>. Tennessee State Museum<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB2s">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB2w">August 8,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt35" class="Z3988" id="mwB20" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=TNMuseum.org&amp;rft.atitle=The+History+of+Emancipation+Day+in+Tennessee&amp;rft.date=2021-08-27&amp;rft.au=Davis%2C+Stephanie&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftnmuseum.org%2FStories%2Fposts%2Fthe-history-of-emancipation-day-in-tennessee%3Flocale%3Den_us%23%3A~%3Atext%3DSeven%2520months%2520after%2520the%2520Proclamation%27s%2Cand%2520was%2520celebrated%2520in%2520Greeneville.&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAugust+8"></span></span>