![]() ![]() So let me ask you to give a fuller version of what Juneteenth represents.ĪNNETTE GORDON-REED: Well, Juneteenth represents the end of slavery - technically the end of slavery in Texas in 1865. I learned a lot that I'm really happy I learned from your new book. Her other books include "Thomas Jefferson And Sally Hemings: An American Controversy" and "The Hemingses Of Monticello: An American Family." She edited the book "Race On Trial: Law And Justice In American History."Īnnette Gordon-Reed, welcome to FRESH AIR. She's a historian of slavery and the early American republic. My guest, Annette Gordon-Reed, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Harvard professor who has written a new book called "On Juneteenth." It's part history, part memoir. It's a holiday in conversation with July Fourth, which celebrates America gaining its independence, but enslaved people remained in bondage. Juneteenth is now a state holiday in Texas and seems to be on the way to becoming a national holiday. June 19 will mark the 156th anniversary of Juneteenth, commemorating the day slavery was ended in Texas in 1865. ![]()
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