Juneteenth Was NOT the End of Slavery

Juneteenth is a wonderful holiday for folks in Texas as it marks the day the Emancipation Proclamation was put into effect in the last area of that state.

However, it was NOT the end of slavery in the United States. From June of 1865 through December 5, 1865, slavery was still lawful in the United States in those states that still had it. Those states were Delaware and Kentucky. These were two of…