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Juneteenth honors the end of chattel slavery in the United States, marking the day in 1865 when enslaved Black Americans in Texas learned they had been freed.

From 1836 to 1843, The American Anti-Slavery Almanac was published annually by the American Anti-Slavery Society, a nationwide abolitionist group led chiefly by Frederick Douglass with members such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Their almanac not only compiled calendars and natural astrology information but also featured antislavery literature, advertisements, and artwork. Regular use of the almanac promoted the visibility of the antislavery cause and informed the general public about enslaved people’s rebellions and relevant political speeches. Rather than rely on an emotional imperative to awaken the public to the need for abolition, editors presented organized factual information, true to the almanac genre, to aid in legitimizing the abolition movement.
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The American Anti-Slavery Almanac, for 1839, New York: published for the American Anti-Slavery Society by S. W. Benedict, [1838]. Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History; GLC05826

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