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June·teenth

(jo͞on-tēnth′)
n.
June 19, an African-American holiday commemorating the date in 1865 when many slaves in Texas learned they had been freed by the Emancipation Proclamation (January 1, 1863).
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Juneteenth

(ˌdʒuːnˈtiːnθ)
n
an annual celebration in the United States on June 19 to mark the emancipation of slaves after the American Civil War
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June•teenth

(ˈdʒunˈtinθ)
n.
June 19, celebrated by African-Americans as the anniversary of the emancipation of slaves in Texas on June 19, 1865.
[1935–40; b. june + nineteenth]
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The book ends with a family's celebration of June teenth, which begins before dawn with a candlelight ceremony where ancestors who were slaves are named, and ends with another candlelight ceremony, this lime family names of freedmen are called.

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