Monday, June 19, 2017

Juneteenth and the End of American Slavery

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Juneteenth is a celebration of the end of American slavery. While the end of slavery in America is certainly something to celebrate, Juneteenth propagates a myth about when slavery actually did end in the United States, and some of the other myths about slavery's demise.



via Steve Byas at New American