Juneteenth: 15 Powerful Facts That Reveal The Holiday’s True History - Page 5
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Meg Butler
5. Juneteenth Is Two Years Late
Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862. That’s around two and a half years before June 19, 1865.
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