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The curious history of a Massachusetts beach named after an enslaved African American is the focus of new efforts to recognize the role of slavery along the state’s picturesque North Shore

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Thousands of enslaved people in Texas were ordered free two years after Emancipation Proclamation

The new Juneteenth federal holiday celebrates the emancipation of enslaved people in our nation. That did not, however, emancipate Black people from the economic impact of their enslavement. Emancipation was followed by a failed Reconstruction, a century of Jim Crow, separate-but-(not)-equal, institutional racism and discrimination — the consequences of which…

After cancellation of Africa flight, home secretary tries to stem slavery claims from refugees hoping to stay in UK

The actual day was June 19, 1865, and it was the Black dockworkers in Galveston, Texas, who first heard the word that freedom for the enslaved had come. There were speeches, sermons and shared meals, mostly held at Black churches, the safest places to have such celebrations.

Thousands of enslaved people in Texas were ordered free two years after Emancipation Proclamation

Some beliefs are not based on facts, and some people hold beliefs in spite of the facts.

Thousands of enslaved people in Texas were ordered free two years after Emancipation Proclamation