As I got older, I learned what Juneteenth was really about. Although the Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1, 1863, it wasn’t enforced in Confederate states. Because of this, enslaved people in Texas didn’t learn of their freedom until Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas on June 19th,
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As I got older, I learned what Juneteenth was really about. Although the Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1, 1863, it
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