“I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves… are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States,…

Today is Juneteenth. Though the Emancipation Proclamation was issued on September 22, 1862 (effective January 1, 1863), word was slow to spread.  …

“I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves… are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States,…

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