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1865

Juneteenth: Commemorating the Ending of Slavery in the U.S.

Learn more about the history of Juneteenth and of Ralph Ellison's book of the same name (click here for information and purchase)

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Letter from freed slave to former master

ca. 1860's, USA. Freed slaves in Southern town shortly after the Civil War. © Bettmann/CORBIS

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