Fascinating American history!--Juneteenth - Wikipedia

Juneteenth - Wikipedia

Abolition of slavery in the United States in the Civil War period (the blues and darker greens in the above map occurred before the civil war period):

  Exclusion of slavery by Congressional action, 1861

  Abolition of slavery by Congressional action, 1862

  Emancipation Proclamation as originally issued, January 1, 1863

  Subsequent operation of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863

  Abolition of slavery by state action during the Civil War

  Operation of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1864

  Operation of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1865

  Thirteenth Amendment to the US constitution, December 18, 1865

  Territory incorporated into the US after the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment

Areas covered by the Emancipation Proclamation are in red. Slave-holding areas not covered are in blue.

"...On September 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln announced that the Emancipation Proclamation would go into effect on January 1, 1863, promising freedom to enslaved people in all of the rebellious parts of Southern states of the Confederacy including Texas.[31][32][c][d]

• Enforcement of the Proclamation generally relied upon the advance of Union troops. 

Texas, as the most remote state of the former Confederacy, had seen an expansion of slavery because the presence of Union troops was low as the American Civil War ended; thus, the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation had been slow and inconsistent there prior to Granger's order.[9] 

In all June 19, 1865, was 900 days after the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect, 71 days after Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union on April 9, 1865, and 24 days after the disbanding of the Confederate military department covering Texas on May 26, 1865.