On Frederick Douglass, the Declaration of Independence, and Juneteenth

reason.com/volokh/2025/06/19/on-frederick-douglass-the-declaration-of-independence-and-juneteenth

Today is Juneteenth. The most recently recognized federal holiday (formalized in 2021 as Juneteenth National Independence Day), Juneteenth recognizes the freeing of enslaved people in Texas at the end of the Civil War.
In today's Wall Street Journal, Lucas Morel and Jonathan White write…

This story appeared on reason.com, 2025-06-19 14:02:05.
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