Deep Roots Vol. 1 — Free at Last in Texas: Juneteenth and the Freedom Colonies (EPUB)

Juneteenth began in Texas — and Texas kept slavery two and a half years past emancipation before it began. Free at Last in Texas reads General Orders No. 3 line by line from the document itself, follows the $800 deed (the deed says $800, not $1,000) that bought Emancipation Park in 1872, counts the freedom colonies honestly — 557 recorded place names, 357 verified and mapped — and traces the road from Reedy Chapel's first Jubilee Day to the federal holiday. All 6 chapters, each closing with its sources and a method note. The clean EPUB edition, readable on any e-reader, tablet, or phone. Two states. One story. All receipts.