 On Saturday, June 19, 1865, in Limestone County, Texas, plantation owner Logan Stroud stood on the front porch of this house to tell more than 150 of his enslaved workers that they were free.
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Billy McCrea who was enslaved remembered the Union troops coming into Texas in 1865 and being told that he was free. blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2016/… #Juneteenth2023
Betty Bormer, who was freed by the military order that founded Juneteenth.
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William Moore was freed by the military order that founded Juneteenth. #Juneteenth2023
Anderson and Minerva Edwards, were freed by the military order that founded #Juneteenth.
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