About this episode

This episode explores the delayed announcement of freedom to enslaved African-Americans in Texas following the Civil War.

Enslaved African-Americans in Texas didn’t learn they’d been freed until weeks after the Civil War officially ended — when Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston to break the news.

Topics covered

• Juneteenth
• African-American history
• Civil War
• freedom
• enslavement

Keywords

• Juneteenth
• Gordon Granger
• Texas
• Galveston
• Civil War
• enslaved African-Americans

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Texas, Galveston

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