Juneteenth: Our Day of Freedom

by Sharon Dennis Wyeth

Book Overview

Some call it Freedom Day; some call it Emancipation Day; some call it Juneteenth. Learn more about this important holiday that celebrates the end of chattel slavery in the United States in this Step 3 History Reader. On June 19, 1865, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, a group of enslaved men, women, and children in Texas gathered. Order Number 3 was read, proclaiming that they were no longer enslaved--they were free. People danced, wept...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593434781
• ISBN13: 9780593434789
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3