Emancipation

The Reynolds Mansion on Sapelo Island in Georgia, "served as the Spalding Plantation Manor from 1810 until the Civil War," a description from Georgia State Parks says. Land on Sapelo Island was given to Fergus Wilson, and other people freed from enslavement after the Civil War. Wilson was one of more than 1,200 people given a deed to property by the Freedman's Bureau. Wilson served with the Union Army, and two of his sons would serve in the Georgia General Assembly.

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More than 1000 formerly enslaved people were given land, only to have it taken back

Reveal’s newest series uncovers the government program that gave formerly enslaved people land titles, only to take the land back. “Forty acres and a mule” is more than reparations that didn’t happen.

Juneteenth processional in 2021 down Main Street in Durham, NC

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The joy and history of Juneteenth

Leoneda Inge

Last year, Juneteenth was designated an official federal holiday. This year, the celebrations are bigger and more historic.

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Juneteenth Celebrates The Ongoing Fight For Black Liberation

Grant Holub-Moorman

Jaki Shelton Green s us on her birthday to discuss “the wind of freedom” which billows through the North Carolina poet laureate’s new album of verse…

Race, Class & Communities

Juneteenth Celebrates The Ongoing Fight For Black Liberation

Grant Holub-Moorman

Jaki Shelton Green s us on her birthday to discuss “the wind of freedom” which billows through the North Carolina poet laureate’s new album of verse…