Juneteenth
Although the Emancipation Proclamation was formally issued on January 1, 1863, emancipation did not reach across the entire United States until June 19, 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger read “General Order #3″ to announce the message of the Emancipation Proclamation in Galveston, Texas. Until that date, slavery in Texas had continued unabated. The Juneteenth holiday commemorates the end of slavery in the United States and is a legal holiday in New Jersey pursuant to NJSA 36:2-80. This list explores the history and impact of slavery and emancipation in America.


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May We Forever Stand
a History of the Black National Anthem
Watermelon & Red Birds
a Cookbook for Juneteenth and Black Celebrations
The Survivors of the Clotilda
the Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the American Slave Trade
Africatown
America's Last Slave Ship and the Community It Created
How the Word Is Passed
a Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America
Read Until You Understand
the Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature
South to America
a Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
The Ragged Road to Abolition
Slavery and Freedom in New Jersey, 1775-1865
Juneteenth
the Story Behind the Celebration
The Devil's Half Acre
the Untold Story of How One Woman Liberated the South's Most Notorious Slave Jail
A Question of Freedom
the Families Who Challenged Slavery From the Nation's Founding to the Civil War
To Walk About in Freedom
the Long Emancipation of Priscilla Joyner
Sweet Taste of Liberty
a True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America
River of Blood
American Slavery From the People Who Lived It : Interviews & Photographs of Formerly Enslaved African Americans
Combee
Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War
Lift Every Voice
a Celebration of Black Lives
The Fire This Time
a New Generation Speaks About Race
Sleeping With the Ancestors
How I Followed the Footprints of Slavery
All That She Carried
the Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
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