The News That Came to Galveston
On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, and read General Order Number Three aloud in the public square. The war...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Mark 16:1-8.
On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, and read General Order Number Three aloud in the public square. The war was over. Slavery was finished. Every man, woman, and child held in bondage was free — and had been, legally, for two and a half years. The reaction was not what you might expect. There was no immediate celebration.…
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