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The 15 pages that link to Juneteenth, each with the reason it gives.

• Slavery in the United StatesRelated: It marks the delayed enforcement and communication of emancipation in parts of the former Confederacy.

• Emancipation ProclamationBroader topic: The delayed arrival of Union authority in Texas showed that declaring freedom and securing it were different events.

• Confederate States of AmericaRelated: The date marks the arrival of enforcement of emancipation in a former Confederate state.

• Thirteenth Amendment to the United States ConstitutionRelated: Its history shows emancipation’s delayed enforcement in parts of the country.

• Harriet TubmanRelated: Tubman’s work belongs to the longer history of enslaved people’s pursuit of freedom and emancipation.

• SlaveryRelated: Its history reflects the delayed enforcement and communication of emancipation.

• EmancipationBroader topic: The announcement illustrates how freedom’s enforcement reached some places after legal declarations.

• African-American ChristianityRelated: Black Christian communities have marked emancipation through worship and celebrations of freedom.

• KwanzaaRelated: Both holidays affirm African American history and community through distinct forms of celebration.

• African American cuisineRelated: Its meals and red foods connect African American culinary practice with emancipation and historical memory.

• Antebellum SouthRelated: It marks the delayed arrival of Union enforcement and news of freedom in Texas.

• Eric FonerRelated: Foner’s work on emancipation helps situate Juneteenth within the uneven end of slavery.

• African AmericansRelated: It marks emancipation’s delayed enforcement in Texas and has become a national remembrance.

• JuneBroader topic: This June date is a major annual civic observance in the United States.

• History of TexasBroader topic: The announcement marked the delayed enforcement of emancipation in Texas.