Emancipation Proclamation and Juneteenth President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1, 1863. It freed all enslaved people in the Southern States. However, Union soldiers took two and a half years to inform the people of Galveston, Texas, of the Proclamation. Enslaved Blacks there finally heard the news of their freedom on June 19,… Read more.
Juneteenth a Holiday, Finally!
Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 1:23 AM