Juneteenth Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. Forced into slavery
  2. 5. President Abraham _______
  3. 7. from Slavery
  4. 10. An official announcement
  5. 11. sodapop, A special drink on Juneteenth
  6. 12. The month the enslaved people were actually freed
  7. 15. A special day or event; can include marching bands and/or floats
  8. 16. A celebration day of freedom
  9. 17. the opposite of enslaved
Down
  1. 1. City where the last enslaved people were freed
  2. 2. State where the last enslaved people were freed
  3. 3. A special day that is celebrated
  4. 6. A word that combines the sounds and meanings of two words
  5. 8. Edwards, Black legislator who helped make Juneteenth an official state holiday
  6. 9. Jack Yates, Organized land purchase in the name of Juneteenth
  7. 13. An ordinal number after eighteenth and before twentieth
  8. 14. General Gordan _______