On June 19, 2865, the Union troops led by Major General Gordon Grander landed at Galveston, Texas with a very special mission, to inform to the Texans that on January 1, 1863, President Lincoln signed the “Emancipation Proclamation”.
This was the General Order Number 3 of the military official of Washington DC to the Texans: “The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired laborer"
For two and a half year, the Texans didn’t recognize the “Emancipation Proclamation”. The surrender of General Lee, General in Chief of the Confederate States, opened doors to the troops of the Union to land in Texas to give the official news.
This chapter of the American History can have different meanings. However, for everybody, the reflection about “What is the FREEDOM?” is a very important reflection. In some cases, it is a painful reflection, in others, it is a state of jubilation. Always, FREEDOM is the top right that each Human Being can aspire and enjoy.
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#WR: In Juneteeth - the commemoration of the end of slavery in the U.S., we have key reflection: What is the meaning of FREEDOM for you, for me, for the people who always lived in freedom, for who never lived in freedom (#slaves), for who lost the freedom? #JuneteenthDay
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#WR: On Juneteenth “The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves…” Gen. Granger, 1865
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