Juneteenth is a commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. It is also known as Emancipation Day or Juneteenth Independence Day. On January 1, 1863, then-president Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that “all persons held as slaves” within the states in rebellion “are, and henceforward shall be free" however some people still held slaves for more than two and half years. The day commemorates the day the Union army general Gordon Granger announced the federal orders in Texas on June 19, 1865, proclaiming that all slaves are free. The term Juneteenth is the combination of two words the month of June and the date 19. As we observe Juneteenth 2020, there are various queries about the day in the minds of people. We here answer some of the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Juneteenth.
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