Juneteenth and How Slavery Really Ended

This story is, painfully, much more timely than when we first assigned it. But it’s a must-read on several levels. Tomorrow is Juneteenth – a predominantly African-American holiday commemorating the end of slavery – and the 150th anniversary of the event it celebrates, the arrival of the US Army at Galveston Island on June 19th 1865. Read this piece and it will change your understanding of just how slavery really ended and why.