EventSlavery
Juneteenth
June 19, 1865· Galveston, Texas
- People
- General Gordon Granger
Juneteenth took place on June 19, 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced the end of slavery, enforcing the Emancipation Proclamation over two years after it was issued. It marked the liberation of the last remaining enslaved people in the Confederacy.
Sources & citations
- 1.Juneteenthwikipedia