Sugar Hill, Summerton residents celebrate Juneteenth holiday during weekend
BY ASHLEY MILLER
ashley@theitem.com
ashley@theitem.com
Posted 6/20/23
It was near midnight on Dec. 31, 1862; it was "Freedom's Eve." On this night, enslaved and free African Americans gathered in churches and homes across the nation, waiting for news that the Emancipation Proclamation had taken effect.
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