One of the 182,566 people freed on the first Juneteenth was Joshua Houston, the enslaved servant of the famous general. This is his story

One of the 182,566 people freed on the first Juneteenth was Joshua Houston, the enslaved servant of the famous general. This is his story

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On June 19, 1865, two months after the U.S. Civil War ended, Union Gen. Gordon Granger walked onto the balcony at Ashton Villa in Galveston, Texas, and announced to the people of the state that “all slaves are free.” As local plantation owners lamented the loss of their most valuable property,…

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