Note 3 — FOREWORD
Reading edition
On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger, U.S.A., landed at Galveston and issued a general order declaring that “in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.”
Reading edition
On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger, U.S.A., landed at Galveston and issued a general order declaring that “in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.”