Great, honest article. I wrote one that also discusses how Juneteenth was not the final freeing of the slaves, as we still had border states that Lincoln had no power to stop. Juneteenth should be Decixth (Dec 6th) https://medium.com/afrosapiophile/american-history-201-the-chronological-freeing-of-slaves-in-america-d9199bd5fdc8