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Juneteenth [19 Jun 2020|12:00am]

In the US, slavery was officially abolished with the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation. No one bothered to tell all the slaves in Texas until June 19, 1865, a day commonly celebrated as "Juneteenth."

Every Juneteenth we're reminded just how mean people could be.

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