...and his representatives, with a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, arrived in Texas on June 19th and began reading the Proclamation in towns and villages.
And they said, “Y’all are free to shoot and kill each other with wanton disregard. Vote Democrat.”
So was there a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation at the June Teenth celebration, which somehow triggered unruly youth? Were they protesting the legacy of slavery?