On June 19 (“Juneteenth”), 1865, U.S. Army General Gordon Granger extended the Emancipation Proclamation to Texas at Galveston. Former slaves could stay where they lived and work for wages or go where they pleased, as long as they did not congregate at federal military camps.
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