Cover of Juneteenth

Juneteenth

by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

2006 eng

June 19th, 1865, began as another hot day in Texas. African American slaves worked in fields, in barns, and in the homes of the white people who owned them. Then a message arrived. Freedom! Slavery had ended! The Civil War had actually ended in April. It took two months for word to reach Texas. Stil…

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