Free At Last, Happy Juneteenth!

Juneteenth

On this day, June 19, 1865 the decree of freedom that the Emancipation Proclamation promised to black slaves in America was finally realized in Galveston, Texas. Not until two and half years later that Texas slaves were delivered the news that slavery in America had been abolished. Since that day, black Texans have celebrated the holiday of “Juneteenth”

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