A celebration of almost somewhat banning slavery

Today is Juneteenth in the United States. It's a complicated holiday–Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation (which declared enslaved people free) on January 1, 1863, but that's not the date we celebrate. The 13th amendment to the constitution (which almost somewhat criminalized slavery) was ratified on December 6, 1865, but that's not the date we celebrate. June 19th, 1863 was the date the…