On this day in 1865, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slavery was abolished in Texas. Further, all slaves throughout the Confederate South were emancipated on this day, and it is now a State holiday in forty-five states, although it should be a nationwide holiday. It’s called Juneteenth. Juneteenth is officially a celebration …
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