When Freedom's News Finally Arrived
On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger stood on the balcony of Ashton Villa in Galveston, Texas, and read General Order No. 3 aloud...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Luke 2:10-11.
On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger stood on the balcony of Ashton Villa in Galveston, Texas, and read General Order No. 3 aloud to a gathered crowd. "The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free." The Emancipation Proclamation had been signed more than two years earlier, but the news had never reached these shores.…
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