What is Juneteenth? -- Why do we celebrate? -- From slavery to freedom in the United States -- Emancipation Proclamation -- Texas as a slave state -- General orders no. 3 -- Meaning of ...
On June 19, 1865, Union Army Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger stepped onto a balcony in Galveston, Tex. — two months after the Civil War had ended — and announced that more than 250,000 enslaved people in ...
This booklet was produced in December 1862 specifically for Union soldiers to read and distribute among African Americans. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and ...
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