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How Black Americans Were Re-enslaved after Juneteenth

A cautionary tale about one of the most disgraceful chapters in American history.

Andrew Jazprose Hill
An Injustice!
Published in
7 min readJun 15, 2023

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Black & white photo of Black cotton-field worker in Pulaski County, Arkansas, 1935, via New York Public Library
Photo by The New York Public Library on Unsplash

As we celebrate Juneteenth for the third time since it became a national holiday in 2021, let’s take a moment to consider the young field worker in the picture above.

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