Will slavery ever end in America?

Celebrations of Juneteenth confuse history with aspiration

Today, communities across the U.S. will celebrate the anniversary of the end of chattel slavery in the South. Juneteenth is America’s most recently established federal holiday, but it—and the impact of the historical events that it celebrates—are also widely misunderstood.

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Last year, I published “Juneteenth remains a…