We are taught that the end of slavery came with the Emancipation Proclamation which was issued on January 1 in 1863. However, for many enslaved people the unjust “ownership” (as if anyone has a right to claim another person as property) was not relinquished until two years later.Juneteenth is celebrated on June 19 because it was this day in 1865 freedom finally came to the last of th...
