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Fri Jun 19 20:44:32 +0000 2020

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On June 19th, 1865, Union Army couriers in Galveston, TX, announced to the people of Texas that all slaves are free. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 19, 2020 Hibernated

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The American Civil War ended in April of 1865, but it wouldn’t be until several months later that enslaved people in the state of Texas would receive word of the Emancipation Proclamation and their freedom - they had spent two years “declared” free, but still living as slaves. https://t.co/W2TYOdFYn6 — PolitiTweet.org

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News traveled slowly across Texas with some plantation owners deciding to wait until after the harvest to break the news to the enslaved. https://t.co/PzErqgKdac — PolitiTweet.org

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