Amid Juneteenth, The Legacy Of Slavery Is Still Enshrined In The Legal System
Source: MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images / Getty As the story of Juneteenth is told by modern-day historians, enslaved Black people were freed by laws, not combat. Union Gen. Gordon Granger said as much when he read General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, in front of enslaved people who were among the last…
