Monday, June 18, 2007

June 19

While the Emancipation Proclamation was issued in September 1862, it didn’t take effect until January 1, 1863. In our current time, when news is so readily available, it’s easy to think that everybody knows everything instantly. This was not always the case however. The news of the slaves receiving their freedom did not arrive in Galveston, Texas until the 19th in 1865.

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