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August First – the original “Juneteenth”

by communications@oberlinheritage.org | Jul 23, 2015 | Abolition

by Ron Gorman, Oberlin Heritage Center volunteer docent, researcher, and trustee July 23, 2015 In my last blog, I wrote about how Juneteenth became a national celebration of the end of slavery in the United States.  But before there was a Juneteenth, there was the...

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