This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook, X, and Bluesky. In Texas, Juneteenth is often described as the day that Union Major General Gordon Granger marched upon the shores of Galveston to announce the Emancipation Proclamation — on June 19th, […]
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From the plantation to the thicket: Juneteenth, Black freedom and ‘marronage’ in Texas
Freedom in Texas was achieved both after — and before — formal emancipation.
