Timothy J. Peck

Jun 14, 2023 | preachingtoday.com | Sean Palmer |Timothy J. Peck |Steve Norman |Ryan Welsh

On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, to inform enslaved African Americans that the Civil War had ended. And with the end of the war came the beginning of their freedom. Was it good? Yes. American chattel slavery had existed since 1619 and persisted in the country until the end of the Civil War in 1865. And while General Granger’s announcement was good, it really wasn’t news. At least it wasn’t new news. The war had actually ended on April 9, 1895.