Crucial information is delayed and denied, which brings us back to the motif of Juneteenth, the day when slaves found out they'd been free for two and a half years.
Slaves did not have their freedom until Juneteenth. 
mnli hypothesis: Slaves did not have their freedom until Juneteenth.  premise: Crucial information is delayed and denied, which brings us back to the motif of Juneteenth, the day when slaves found out they'd been free for two and a half years.