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Kirsti Jewel

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Author

Jewel, Kirsti

Publisher

Penguin Workshop

Pub. Date

[2022]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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"On June 19, 1865, a group of enslaved men, women, and children in Texas gathered around a Union soldier and listened as he read the most remarkable words they would ever hear. They were no longer enslaved: they were free. The inhumane practice of forcedlabor with no pay was now illegal in all of the United States. This news was cause for celebration, so the group of people jumped in excitement, danced, and wept tears of joy. They did not know it...