The holiday commemorates the moment on June 19, 1865, when a Union general informed slaves in Texas of the 1862 Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln.
The holiday commemorates the moment on June 19, 1865, when a Union general informed slaves in Texas of the 1862 Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln.
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