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Juneteenth-themed reports... Former slaves to remain with their masters?
Juneteenth-themed reports... Former slaves to remain with their masters?
Item # 702466
July 16, 1865
NEW YORK TIMES, July 16, 1865 The last column on page three has an article: "From New Orleans and Texas", being an order by General Gordon Granger. This was a follow-up to his historic General Order No. 3 which declared all slaves in Texas to be free.
Both orders recommended the Freedmen to remain with their former masters, who were now to become their employers. This follow-up emphasizes the importance of labor and makes it clear the government (military) would not provide aid to those who set out on their own.
A related article on page 2 has: "FROM TEXAS. Negroes and the Labor Question - General Advance in Wages - Feelings of the People...".
Eight pages, a printing flaw to the first leaf causes a portion of a lower corner to be blank on page 1 and double-printed on page, but fortunately not affecting mentioned reports. Small indents at the blank spine, good condition.
Category: Post-Civil War
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