Galveston and the Beginning of Juneteenth

Image: Galveston and Bolivar Peninsula as captured by the crew of the International Space Station. Image Credit: NASA. Editor: Yvette Smith. NASA – page updated June 17, 2022 – NASA Official: Brian Dunbar.

The issue of General Order No. 3 by Union troops on June 19, 1865, marked the official end of slavery in Texas and the U.S. On that Monday, enslaved African Americans in Texas learned of their freedom. That day of liberation became known as Juneteenth, when the Emancipation Proclamation […]

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