Kkkolonial Concessions: Juneteenth Edition
5 min readJun 19, 2021
The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere.”
—General Orders, Number 3; Headquarters District of Texas, Galveston, June 19, 1865
You are either a slave or you are free.
