Two and a half years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston were finally informed today by Union soldiers of their freedom, striking fear and anger in the hearts of plantation owners across the state.
"This is an outrage!" cried one particularly angry former slave-owner, Duke Gail. "If any of my former slaves are having these words read to them, then hear this: you are NOT eligible for rehire, so don't come back here and expect to be whipped with a cane and forced to toil anymore, because you are NOT welcome. You can't EVER come back here! DO YOU HEAR ME?! NOT EVER!" As Gail looked out on his now-empty fields, he murmured to himself, "Well, I bet they feel really bad now. They're gonna miss this."
When asked what he planned to do in the coming years, Mr. Gail sighed and responded, "I don't know. Start a University, I guess."
"This is an outrage!" cried one particularly angry former slave-owner, Duke Gail. "If any of my former slaves are having these words read to them, then hear this: you are NOT eligible for rehire, so don't come back here and expect to be whipped with a cane and forced to toil anymore, because you are NOT welcome. You can't EVER come back here! DO YOU HEAR ME?! NOT EVER!" As Gail looked out on his now-empty fields, he murmured to himself, "Well, I bet they feel really bad now. They're gonna miss this."
When asked what he planned to do in the coming years, Mr. Gail sighed and responded, "I don't know. Start a University, I guess."
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