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Military emancipation in the American Civil War | HearLore
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Military emancipation in the American Civil War
Emancipation ProclamationThe United States Constitution of 1787 did not use the word slavery but included several provisions about unfree persons.
General Order No. 3Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas on the 19th of June 1865. He brought with him a handwritten document signed by Major F. W. Emery.
Contraband (American Civil War)On the 24th of May 1861, three men named Frank Baker, Shepard Mallory and James Townsend crossed Hampton Roads harbor at night.
David HunterDavid Hunter was born on the 21st of July 1802 in Troy, New York. His family lineage included Richard Stockton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence…