(General Orders, Department of Texas, June 19, 1865)
On June 19, 1865 Union general Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston and issued General Order Number 3, which began: “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.” This ended the legal institution of chattel slavery in the United States, two years after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
More:
“Juneteenth: Our Other Independence Day,” Kenneth C. Davis, Smithsonian.com
“Juneteenth,” Teresa Palomo Acosta, Handbook of Texas Online
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