Yep — it’s been a part of Texas history lessons since forever cause the remoteness of Texas kept slaves from finding out they were free until June 19th — it’s really never been more than a Texas thing ( and certainly wasn’t a “ holiday “) it took two years for a ship to arrive in Galveston to announce the end of slavery— I have no idea why anyone but native Texans even care — rest of the country already knew slavery had ended two years prior 😐
Yep — it’s been a part of Texas history lessons since forever cause the remoteness of Texas kept slaves from finding out they were free until June 19th — it’s really never been more than a Texas thing ( and certainly wasn’t a “ holiday “) it took two years for a ship to arrive in Galveston to announce the end of slavery— I have no idea why anyone but native Texans even care — rest of the country already knew slavery had ended two years prior 😐