Historic Sites - Ben Franklin's World

Historic Sites - Ben Franklin's World


Episode 360: Kyera Singleton, Slavery & Freedom in Massachusetts

June 20, 2023

Juneteenth is a holiday that celebrates and commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. We choose to reflect on the end of slavery in the United States on June 19 because, on June 19, 1865, United States General Gordon Granger issued his General