Juneteenth
A day to celebrate the news of freedom
It came two and a half years late
The Emancipation proclaimed all slaves free
Yet slaves in Galveston, TX didn’t know
They worked
Shed blood, sweat, and tears
For two and a half long years
Until that wonderful 19th day of June 1865
Granger’s men delivered General Order No. 3
Here ye, Here ye all enslaved people are free
But all were not free
The news was still hidden from some of the enslaved
Many Texas enslaved didn’t receive their freedom until 1866
Plantation owners held the chains tight
Concealed the news and kept it out of sight
Even today we celebrate that freedom
But are we truly free