Juneteenth

Subject

Surviving Juneteenth

Description

On June 19, 1865, Union Army General Gordon Granger landed on the shores of Galveston, Texas, and announced that, according to the Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, all slaves in states at war with the Union were free.

Creator

THEWRITERFRED

Source

https://thewriterfred.com/2020/06/14/juneteenth/

Publisher

thewriterfred.com

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