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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