The Silence Before the Shout
On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, and read General Order No. 3: all enslaved people were free. 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 No. 3: all enslaved people were free. The war was over. The chains were broken. But eyewitness accounts tell us something remarkable about those first moments. Many who heard the announcement did not cheer. They did not run. They stood perfectly still. Some trembled.…
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