Though the Emancipation Proclamation was issued on January 1,1863,African American Texans consider Emancipation Day to be June 19,1865.

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June 19,1865 is celebrated as Juneteenth in Texas, which marks the day when Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston and informed enslaved African Americans that they were free, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.

Though the Emancipation Proclamation Was Issued on January 1,1863,African American