EXPLAINED: What is the history of Juneteenth? Why do we celebrate it?
Juneteenth is a federal holiday meant to commemorate the end of slavery for all Americans.
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So for two years no other freed slaves bothered to tell the slaves in Texas that they were free? WTF I would be so pissed.
Kentucky didn't end slavery in June 1865, slavery here ended in December 1865