Juneteenth: Why Emancipation News Took 2.5 Years to Reach Texas
On the morning of June 19, 1865, a Union general stepped ashore in Galveston, Texas, carrying news that was already two and a half years old — and the story of why it took that long is one of the most haunting, and ultimately triumphant, chapters in American history. This is the timeline of...
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