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The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth

Juneteenth is an often overlooked event in our nation’s history. On June 19, 1865, Union troops freed enslaved African Americans in Galveston Bay and across Texas some two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

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Material Type:: Reference Material
Date Added to MERLOT:: June 16, 2023
Date Modified in MERLOT:: September 18, 2024
Author:: National Museum of African American History
Submitter:: Mikaela Wiley

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Language:: English
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