On June 19, 1865, #GordonGranger arrived in Galveston, Texas, at the head of 2,000 Union troops and issued General Order No. 3, which proclaimed the end of slavery in Texas. Though the Emancipation Proclamation had been signed by #AbrahamLincoln on January 1, 1863, enslaved people in the westernmost Confederate state remained in bondage for over two more years due to the lack of Union presence. Granger’s order stated that all slaves were free, establishing a new social and economic relationship
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