01585cam a2200385 4500 758297510 TxAuBib 20010405120000.0 970213s1998||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 97009656 9780525652229 alk. paper : hc 0525652221 alk. paper : hc (OCoLC)36458275 DLC DLC DLC TxGR TxAuBib Branch, Muriel Miller. Juneteenth [Book] : freedom day / Muriel Miller Branch ; photographs by Willis Branch. June 19, 1865. Freedom day. 1st ed. New York : Cobblehill/Dutton Books, 1998. 55 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Slaves received the delayed news of the Emancipation Proclamation from the site of Ashton Villa in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865. Includes bibliographical references (p. 51-53) and index. Discusses the origin and present-day celebration of Juneteenth, a holiday marking the day Texan slaves realized they were free. 20010405. LQ272-357 & LQ227-249. Juneteenth. Slaves Emancipation Texas Galveston. African Americans History. African Americans Social life and customs. Slavery Texas. Texas Social life and customs. Branch, Willis. RV8