A quirk of history?

A quirk of history?

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Another take on the origins of Juneteenth

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Juneteenth commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas first learned they had been emancipated. The initial announcement to that effect was made by Union Army Gen. Gordon Granger in Galveston on June 19, 1865. That’s what history tells us. Or does it? John God...

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