It was the slaveholder's responsibility to inform their slaves, and to release them from bondage. With some stubborn slaveholders, the U.S. Government had to send soldiers to enforce the new law. The same thing happened when schools were integrated. The new law had to be enforced my federal officers.
So for two years no other freed slaves bothered to tell the slaves in Texas that they were free? WTF
I would be so pissed.
It was the slaveholder's responsibility to inform their slaves, and to release them from bondage. With some stubborn slaveholders, the U.S. Government had to send soldiers to enforce the new law. The same thing happened when schools were integrated. The new law had to be enforced my federal officers.
You can’t make this black shit up 🤦🏻♂️