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Juneteenth – A Day to Reflect on the History and Legacy of Slavery in the US


Juneteenth – A Day to Reflect on the History and Legacy of Slavery in the US
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On June 19, 1865, enslaved men and women in Texas finally learned that they were free — more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all slaves in rebelling states. VOA’s Jesusemen Oni has more.

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