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How long after the Emancipation Proclamation did enslaved people in Texas finally learn they were free?
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The Emancipation Proclamation took effect January 1, 1863, but enslaved people in Texas didn't learn of their freedom until June 19, 1865—900 days later. As historian W. Marvin Dulaney documents, this...
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